Yard Crew

As you all know, Callen loves to be outside any chance he gets. He also loves to help Doug. Whether it is watering the plants, doing chores in the basement, or working in the yard, Cal enjoys 'working' with Doug.

Doug has wanted to aerate our yard and lay new seed in it for the last few weeks. Two weekends ago, he prepped the yard by mowing the grass short and raking up all the junk. This past weekend he rented an aerator with a buddy, and the two of them ran it in the yard. Once that was done, Doug had to lay seed and water the yard. Other than when Doug was running the aerator, Cal was right there with him the entire time. This was great for me too because Cal was outside pretty much the entire day both times, so I had the inside to myself to lounge and relax do chores!

Cal is really good when he's outside. He does love to put EVERY acorn in his mouth, but quickly spits it out when you say 'out' and place your hand under his mouth. He likes to push his swing or walk over to the water spigot and hang out there for a while. Very rarely does he beeline it to the road. If anything, he walks towards the backyard where all of his riding toys are located. Doug definitely had to keep his eye on Callen while working in the yard with him, but it was pretty easy to distract him with all the tools and 'toys' Doug was using. 

Doug made Cal his own 'rake' with some left over PVC piping from the basement. (Funny thing...Cal is so used to his own rake, that he picked up our neighbor's yesterday and started raking her newly laid mulch!) He also thinks he is big enough to use all the same tools Doug uses. It is so cute to watch the boys playing working together.

Working hard with daddy

I think Doug grabbed the wrong rake!

Done raking, now it's time to water

Finished working for the day. Time to pack it all up!

Time to lay seed

Hard worker!

I told Doug we need to take advantage of his willingness to help before he expects to get paid  for doing it!