Working with Dad

Let me just start by saying that Sterling is the king of projects. One of the main things we love about this house is the huge backyard. Sterling was out mowing the lawn the first Saturday we lived here and he has loved doing it ever since. He has also done a lot of things to improve the yard. (Our landlord loves us.) He saved the driveway that was breaking up by adding a bunch of topsoil and sod. It looks a million times better and he finished it in one Saturday.

The last two Saturdays he has spent getting pickup loads of mulch and manure to spread all over the grass and for our garden. The grass is looking a million times better and our plants will be in the ground this weekend.

The boys absolutely love working with their dad. They will do anything he is doing, and he finds a way to make it really fun. They beg to go out and work with dad. They have their own shovels, hammers, wheel-barrel, lawnmower, and lots of other cool work stuff.

Here's Little Man unloading manure with dad.



And here's a video our friend Wes took of the boys helping their dad spread the manure on our lawn to make it awesome this summer.

The wood collecting is still going strong. Sterling had a guy drop off this cedar last week in front of our house.

The boys were thrilled that they got to help dad move it. I found this little wheel-barrel at a thrift store for 3 dollars. It has done a lot of work with dad. The boys love moving whatever dad is moving.

Dellin look so grown up pushing his own wheel-barrel. I keep telling him he's loosing some serious tough guy street cred with that binky!

Gouverneur watches from the porch and is chomping at the bit to get in on the action.
Boys sure are a lot of fun especially when they have the coolest dad around to spend time with. I sure hope they still feel this way when they are 16. Something tells me with a dad like Sterling, it won't be a problem!