Outdoor helpers
After lunch, I gave Samuel the task of cutting down the tree that tries to grow every year between our backyard sidewalk and the garage. His eyes lit up at the thought of being entrusted with such a satisfying job involving a sharp implement. Toby begged to help, and when I discovered that we have TWO limb saws, I assigned him a different upstart under the deck. They both completed their assignments without loss of blood, and were quite pleased with themselves. Moriah dug up some garlic that had sprouted up in our compost pile, and did some weeding.