The great thing about having to boys is that one day they'll be big enough to assign chores around the house. And not just talking about the small chores either like taking out the trash or cleaning their rooms, I'm talking about real, back-breaking manual labor here. The kind of stuff that my Dad had me and my brother doing on the farm; digging drainage ditches, cutting firewood, hauling gravel. It's not that I want my boys to grow up too fast but, I gotta admit that's going to be a great day when they can do all the heavy lifting and Daddy can just kick back on the back porch with a cold lemonade and the latest edition of Outdoor Life.
Today Ridge showed signs of a future hard-worker by helping me shovel mulch and haul it to the backyard flower beds. Of course that only lasted about fifteen minutes until he became distracted and began chasing squirrels around the house. At least it's a start.
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