Saturday, September 24, 2011

Work Work Work, All Day Long

This morning started off with scones and soccer games before dropping the kids off with Grandma and Grandpa at the church work day while B and I went to the city to visit my dad. Church work days happen 2 - 4 times per year. Church members and others gather to clean, paint, garden, plant, etc., and share a meal together.

Today's activities included 'rebarking' (for lack of a better term) the playgrounds, pruning rose plants in front of the church (and other gardening) and painting a building that the church rents out to a local art center. The kids got right in there and worked. They worked with Grandma, they worked with Grandpa and they worked with other church members.

I think it's great that the other members were willing participants and accepting of the 'help' that my children (who were by far the youngest workers there) offered. THANK YOU! I understand COMPLETELY how quickly that 'help' can turn disastrous.




Both kids worked SO hard and they ENJOY doing the work. I wonder what the chances are that they'll still be so willing when they're 16....



1 comment:

Anonymous said...

oh, i know what you mean ... but with luck, work, tolerance, prayers, and determination from all of us, they will be working just as hard (or almost, anyway) when they are 16! that's MY goal, anyway. XOUMgm