One of my favorite childhood memories is when my Mom and Grandma Mouw would make homemade applesauce in the fall. Grandma Mouw would bring bushels of Michigan Apples, and they would get to work. I would come home for lunch and come home from school to the smell of cooking and pressed apples. YUMMY. In that process, inevitably, my Grandma would at some point say, "Many hands make light work."
Well, such was the case yesterday. Carter and I were blessed by the visit of my sister and her family. All seven of them were here for two nights! What a blast. Yesterday, Maddie and Josiah wanted to jump in the leaves. We got the kids to bag the leaves too by bribing them with hot chocolate (it rained mid-raking, making them less desirable to jump in). In all, 20 bags were filled with leaves, and the majority of the leaves were picked up. There are still leaves on the tree, but this was a TREMENDOUS start! THANK YOU!! Not only do many hands make light work, but many hands make fun work!
This picture is the initial race of, "First one to fill their bag gets extra marshmallow fluff!" Josiah, the ultimate competitor, was the winner.
The girls all had pink coats. Here Evie is helping her mom.
Here are Maddie and Kristie stuffing the bag full! Maddie got extra fluff for filling the most bags... 9 out of 20 total!! She is the endurance/determined competitor in the crew. She is also compassionate, suggesting that Toby get the extra fluff for helping despite the younger crew going in because of being cold!
Kristie sitting in the leaves with the girls.
2 comments:
That reminds me of my days raking up huge piles of leaves to jump in. Good times... good times!
What a great work crew! Each kiddo certainly has their own method that matches their personality, good call on that one.
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