FuN DAY!!! Denny was up earlier with the boys. He left to go mow. It was chilly, so the boys played inside while I cleaned the airbnb. When it was cleaned we went outside and they were a great help with all I was doing. Jack was happy to crawl under the wire support and use the clippers and cut off the dahlia plant. Tyler helped put the plants in the wagon to haul away. Jack had lost his yellow jewel and they took the clippers to cut the morning glory vine and Tyler FOUND it. It made his day. (Note, Jack lost the jewel later when we were at Moorhead.) I was tilling the garden and the boys had talked about the vegetables they had picked and were making something. I had thought I should check on the boys who had been playing so well all the time they had been here. Well, within the next 20 minutes Tyler came to me screaming. Oh, my, Tyler's mouth hurt. Jack's nose hurt. They told me something squirted out. AND cry they did. Finally I figured out they had picked red jalepino's to add to the tomatoes, cukes and squash mix, something must have squirted and they touched their faces, something somehow. Only treatment/ cure was rubbing face on plastic icepack AND watching veggie tale VCR in the cabin. Then taking a long hot bath (while holding plastic icepack against lips/ nose) BUT after the bath they were okay to go to IG before the hike at Moorehead. Luke brought Rose and Lincoln and we walked the trail, and had treats in the conservation building. A praise was that when we took Tyler's coupon to Brownie's the sweet gal gave us not one ice cream and 3 spoons, but 3 ice cream bowls and 3 spoons. We got subway cookies with Jack and my gift coupons. When we got home the Ohio hunters were there, but we didn't talk to them. Denny had just gotten back from mowing and the boys had lots to tell Denny about.
Show this one to the kids..... A young man went to seek an important position at a large Landscaping company. He passed the initial interview and was going to meet the director for the final interview. The director saw his resume, it was excellent. And asked,' "Have you received a scholarship for school?" The boy replied, "No". 'It was your father who paid for your studies? '' Yes.' He replied. 'Where does your father work? ' 'My father is a Farmer' and landscapes for fun. The Director asked the young man to show him his hands. The young man showed a pair of hands soft and perfect. 'Have you ever helped your parents at their job? ' 'Never, my parents always wanted me to study and read more books. Besides, he can do the job better than me. The director said: 'I have got a request: When you go home today, go and wash the hands of your father and then come see me tomorrow morning.' The young man felt his chance to get the job was high. When he returned to his house he asked his father if he would allow him to wash his hands. His father felt strange, happy, but with mixed feelings and showed his hands to his son. The young man washed his hands, little by little. It was the first time that he noticed his father's hands were wrinkled an they had so many scars. Some bruises were so painful that his skin shuddered when he touched them. This was the first time that the young man recognized what it meant for this pair of hands to work every day to be able to pay for his studies. The bruises on the hands were the price that his father payed for his education, his school activities and his future. After cleaning his father's hands the young man stood in silence and began to tidy and clean up the workshop. That night, father and son talked for a long time.The next morning, the young man went to the office of the director The Director noticed the tears in the eyes of the young man when He asked him, 'Can you tell me what you did and what you learned yesterday at your house? The boy replied: 'I washed my father's hands and when I finished I stayed and cleaned his workshop.' 'Now I know what it is to appreciate and recognize that without my parents, I would not be who I am today. By helping my father I now realize how difficult and hard it is to do something on my own. I have come to appreciate the importance and the value in helping my family. The director said, "This is what I look for in my people. I want to hire someone who can appreciate the help of others, a person who knows the hardship others go through to accomplish things, and a person who realizes that money is not his only goal in life". 'You are hired'. A child that has been coddled, protected and given everything he or she wants, develops a mentality of "I have the right" and will always put himself or herself first, ignoring the efforts of parents, family and friends. If we are this type of protective parent are we really showing love or are we helping to destroy our children? You can give your child their own room in a big house, good food, a computer, tablet, cell phone, and a big screen TV, but when you're washing the floor or painting a wall, children need to experience that too. After eating, have them wash the dishes with their brothers and sisters, let them fold laundry or cook with you, pull weeds or mow the lawn. You are not doing this because you are poor and can't afford help. You are doing this because you love them and want them to understand certain things about life. Children need to learn to appreciate the amount of effort it takes to do a job right. They need to experience the difficulties in life that people must overcome to be successful and they must learn about failure to be able to succeed. Children must also learn how to work and play with others and that they will not always win, but they can always work harder to reach their goals. If they've done their best, then they can take pride in all the effort they put forth. Life is about giving and serving and these qualities are taught in most homes.
