This holiday, the boys raked a million leaves with me at Grandmother's (Manuel) into clear plastic bags that their city would pick up. By my promting of course just to serve them. They weren't asked to rake for hours while Hannah napped. But some adult told Andrew after we started that he should get money for it so it was like pulling teeth to get him to come inside again. He'd never been paid before to rake. That was a new concept for him. But the boy loves to rake anyway whether he's getting paid or not. GrandBobby gave him more than $6.50 in loose coins that he rounded up from around the house. He even gave them all to him in a glass jar with lid just like his money jars at home. He was estactic. You'd have thought Christmas came early. `You can see in the pictures that we got much more raked than bagged. But at Grandmommy's (Hill), the boys got to ride on the riding lawnmower as she mulched them up.
This year the boys got to ride Austin and Grandmommy's 4 wheelers and had a picnic lunch outside and ate roasted hotdogs after GrandMommy (Hill) burned leftover brush from a cut down tree. No need to worry, she's done it many times before. She doesn't live within the city limits and got a burn license to do it. The kids loved it. Here's my disclaimer..... First, yes, Hannah was on the 4 wheeler but it was stationary and no she did not ride it. Second, Ethan rode with Amy on Austin's and not alone, but Andrew did get to experience the thrill of riding one alone. It has a kill switch that we could hit to cut the engine off if he got to close to something and it only allowed him to go 4 miles an hour.
The kiddoes
The cousins minus Rob's 4
Ethan loving on his baby sis
Andrew trying to wave hello
Amy and Ethan
Hannah's win, after fighting and crying to get on it.
Grandmommy's BIG fire
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