Workers

We counted the other day and realized that we have 17 kids, 13 and under in our little culdasac. There are 8 houses, 1 is not yet sold, and one couple has no kids. There are kids EVERYWHERE! We LOVE it!!! So almost every day that the temperature is above freezing, and some days that its not, you will find my oldest four running around playing with neighbors. Today was no different. Our neighbors are starting their landscaping, so he had a pick-up truck bed full of small landscaping rock. My boys were on him like stink on crap! He couldn't barely move around without a boy there wanting to help him. I made them all come home and I went to tell him that he can tell them to come ask me and I will tell them no, they cannot help. He is so kind, and told me that he would love to have them there! So, my three oldest were shoveling rock as fast as they could into a wheel burrow, and they were doing well. They emptied that bed in no time flat! Then he told them to sweep all of the stray rocks into the bed, and three boys were there sweeping as fast as their arms would go. Maybe they were just a pain, but before he could level out the rocks, they were ready for it to be dumped again. He was laughing because his kids were playing basketball on our hoop, wanting NOTHING to do with it. It made me feel bad that they were practically mobbing him, but I also liked to see them so excited to work. We went to lunch with Chet and they wanted to get home fast so they could help before he was done. Hopefully they have been instilled with a great work ethic, sometimes I wonder!!! All those years of Chet tripping over them as he worked seems to have paid off. They were strong, knowledgable, and willing! Gotta love having boys, think of all the possibilities.