Wednesday, December 27, 2006
Thursday, December 21, 2006
Today's musings
They say good farm help is hard to find.
They haven't met Daniel.
Daniel, by true definition, isn't really "farm help". He is more an extension of the family. At any rate, he also helps on the farm, arriving every morning by 7AM and putting in many quality hours 5 days a week.
This morning I woke to a clanging and banging (softly, of course) in the kitchen. Guess who was making breakfast? Daniel! This isn't in his job description, but he arrived and decided to cook up some oatmeal and fry up some eggs and sausage.
Why? He woke up hungry. Go Daniel!
I can't even imagine raising BOYS any other place than a farm. I have a 16 year old son hanging from the beams of a building right now kicking the daylights out of the siding....all for a good cause. He is removing the old siding so he and Daniel can put up new. I am guessing there are a couple guys who are going to come to the house after awhile ready for a rest. That siding has been on there for a 100 years or so, no kidding!
They haven't met Daniel.
Daniel, by true definition, isn't really "farm help". He is more an extension of the family. At any rate, he also helps on the farm, arriving every morning by 7AM and putting in many quality hours 5 days a week.
This morning I woke to a clanging and banging (softly, of course) in the kitchen. Guess who was making breakfast? Daniel! This isn't in his job description, but he arrived and decided to cook up some oatmeal and fry up some eggs and sausage.
Why? He woke up hungry. Go Daniel!
I can't even imagine raising BOYS any other place than a farm. I have a 16 year old son hanging from the beams of a building right now kicking the daylights out of the siding....all for a good cause. He is removing the old siding so he and Daniel can put up new. I am guessing there are a couple guys who are going to come to the house after awhile ready for a rest. That siding has been on there for a 100 years or so, no kidding!
Saturday, December 16, 2006
Saturday, December 02, 2006
December is here!
The new roof on the old hog house building and also the one on the back of the house got done just in the nick of time, I guess. It's been windy and rainy ever since. My guys are getting quite good at roofing.
The little boys earned some money picking up nails from the roofing projects (Paul figures it is cheaper to pay them to pick up nails than to have to buy new tires!). They decided to buy a board game to play with their money. (Sounds good and quiet to me. YES!!). Garth had me take him to the local variety store and he selected Monopoly as the pieces to their former one have disappeared over time.
On the way to the variety store, I dropped Maria off at the bulk food store to do some shopping for me. She likes that job and I figure that's a good life skill.
Paul took most of the boys to my parent's yesterday. Blake helped my dad put a motor in dad's '64 Biscayne while Brady, Brock, Trent and Miles spent some time "helping" my mom make supper.
Looks like our friend Dante, the Mint Brook Meadows Tea guy, is going to borrow a couple of children today to help him for awhile. Oh how I remember the days when there was too much to do and a houseful of knee-high children who couldn't really help. That's where Dante is right now!
Clark has taken up thumbsucking! I have to say it does look cute.
~Colleen
The little boys earned some money picking up nails from the roofing projects (Paul figures it is cheaper to pay them to pick up nails than to have to buy new tires!). They decided to buy a board game to play with their money. (Sounds good and quiet to me. YES!!). Garth had me take him to the local variety store and he selected Monopoly as the pieces to their former one have disappeared over time.
On the way to the variety store, I dropped Maria off at the bulk food store to do some shopping for me. She likes that job and I figure that's a good life skill.
Paul took most of the boys to my parent's yesterday. Blake helped my dad put a motor in dad's '64 Biscayne while Brady, Brock, Trent and Miles spent some time "helping" my mom make supper.
Looks like our friend Dante, the Mint Brook Meadows Tea guy, is going to borrow a couple of children today to help him for awhile. Oh how I remember the days when there was too much to do and a houseful of knee-high children who couldn't really help. That's where Dante is right now!
Clark has taken up thumbsucking! I have to say it does look cute.
~Colleen
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