Nah, not at all.

You are just warming them up for a backhoe though?

Work ethic is never a bad thing thing to instill in young un's!!

Just put helmets on them.

They look like they're having too much fun for you to be the bad guy.

No.
But... now I'm thirsty for tea and lemonade!

How are they at pulling weeds?.....



ARman

Yes.

Had you made a fourth one, they could have finished the job faster.

If you used a second tarp, you could line the bed with it before dumping in the load, then pull the whole tarp up and over from the front and out all at once.

So you bought a bunch of clean dirt for your boys to play in, then watched from afar to make sure nobody encroached on the fun?

Actually, you rock.

Yes. I think you should be teaching them the wheelbarrow at the same time.

That depends. Am I?

Not at all! Kids got to learn to work sometime, might as well start them young (and it saves your back)! Mine have done similar things, although the oldest just turned 13 and apparently that's the age where they stop seeing the fun in it. I haven't told him yet, but after we get back from vacation I'm ordering 25 tons of limestone for the driveway .

Based upon that picture, no, far from it.

Truth be told this picture was during their 3rd load in 2 days.
They did a load of playground chips for their play land in the backyard.
For that assignment. The 2 big boys had 5 gallon buckets and the little one had a beach sand bucket.
I filled them up from the back of the truck and they carried them to the play land area.
I could have just filled the wheel barrow a few times and dumped it in. But it is their play land so they were going to do most of the work.
This was the 2nd load of the day. We unloaded about half of the load at our friends place and they helped me spread it.
Then the other load and a half onto the driveway for Mama’s planting beds. She’ll weed with them and spread the mulch this weekend while I am at work.

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Originally posted by ARman:
How are they at pulling weeds?.....



ARman

Decent. Though the little one tends to pull things that are not weeds. But that is the next step with Mama.

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Originally posted by konata88:
Yes. I think you should be teaching them the wheelbarrow at the same time.

They are good with that and a 5 gallon bucket. They have a wheel barrow for their size but the axle broke and need to fix it as I have not been able to find another kids sized one locally.

And for the record last week while they were in school, I shoveled a load of manure tilled it into the garden and shoveled a load of 50/50 compost and smoothed out the garden.

Need to consult the farmers almanac so we can get these seeds in the ground.

I was being a bit facetious with my thread title. I know my kids will thank me down the road for instilling a work ethic in them.
They actually do a pretty good job of helping around here.

It does amaze me how many folks never require their kids to lift a finger.

Not if you ask me!!

beats white washing fences.

One of the biggest reasons to have kids is what I used to call the "voice activated system".

"Boys!!! I want you to <fill in the blank>"

It will get more capable as they get bigger, then effectiveness will likely drop off precipitously in the teen years.

Yes, you are a bad dad. Did your wife approve their outfits? My wife gives me what for when my kids dress like that when I’m in charge.

I applaud your instilling of a sound work ethic at an early age.
By the way - are they earning minimum wage or standard union wages?