This morning I put our 11 and 13 year old young men to work on the yard. I gave them two small tasks today. They were to fill the wood boxes by the fireplace and by the stove. Then they were to split two pails full of kindling.
We had a wonderful teachable moment as they used the wheelbarrow and wagon to bring wood across the yard.
"Dad, how come we can't load the boxes from the pile right by the house?"
It felt good to be able to educate the boys that you leave the pile closest to the house until the last part of winter or until those days in the middle of winter when conditions are rotten enough that you cannot get across the yard with the wood sleigh of the wheelbarrow.
"Okay Dad. That makes sense."
Maybe we are doing something right after all.
We had a wonderful teachable moment as they used the wheelbarrow and wagon to bring wood across the yard.
"Dad, how come we can't load the boxes from the pile right by the house?"
It felt good to be able to educate the boys that you leave the pile closest to the house until the last part of winter or until those days in the middle of winter when conditions are rotten enough that you cannot get across the yard with the wood sleigh of the wheelbarrow.
"Okay Dad. That makes sense."
Maybe we are doing something right after all.