The Apprentice

Remember this post?
Well, we have slightly reformed our chore evader.  He has learned to respect the doubly powerful motivators of wii and weekly allowance.  It's amazing what 15 minutes of game time and $1 a week will do.


Now, his little brother is tagging along, learning the ins-and-outs of doing chores.  If only sibling influence always worked that way....

Blue & Gold Dinner

Micah was assigned to make a cake at his cowboy-themed blue & gold cub scout dinner.  From scratch (and with a little help), he created a peanut butter cake with chocolate frosting, peanut butter crumble topping & a pretzel log cabin on top.  It was yummy.  And he made a good-looking cowboy!  :)

Micah is such a wonderful son.  He loves working outside and always chooses the time and labor-intensive outdoor chore cards when he gets the chance.  He also makes sure to check on the chickens and whether I have left any water running outside (which happens fairly often because we're watering everything with hoses since we have no automatic irrigation here.  On our 2.6 acres.  Getting ourselves properly irrigated is on the list, right after installing animal fencing!)  :)

Anyway, we love Micah.  He's easy-going, happy and has a great sense of humor.  Such a fun kid!