Michael is so thrilled that Rehm can physically mow the lawn. It is not easy for him but he did a great job helping with the mowing while Michael worked on the edging and weed eating. I think Michael is having visions of sitting with a cold drink while watching the boy do all the lawn work. Unfortunately for Michael, I still think that day is a few years away. In the meantime having some help is a nice bonus.
Recently I took the kids to the grocery store with me. We only needed to picu up three items - the most important being stamps. When we got to the car and I had the girls strapped in their car seats I realized we had forgotten to buy them! Ugh! I did not want to get everyone back out of the van nor take them all back in the store. That would have mean another 15 minute or more undertaking.
So, I handed Rehm some cash and asked him to go back in and buy stamps. He asked me a few questions, and then ran off to do the task. Less than five minutes later he was back in the car with stamps and the proper change!
Having a child who can read and spell is very helpful, too. This week I was driving but needed to send Michael a text. I couldn't do it so I handed the phone to Rehm and told him what to type. Not only did it help me but Rehm thought it was a great treat to get to use my phone.
It is so nice that Rehm is getting bigger and able to do more big kid things. I wonder what will be next.
Jenn
Way to go Rehm!! My husband can't wait for the day that our boys can mow...must be a rite of passage for Dads.
ReplyDeleteAt least you don't have a riding mower so that Rehm can get "pulled off" the mower by a tree and have to chase the mower to keep it from getting in the street...or mowing down a neighbor since you do not live in the country.
ReplyDeleteIt is a good thing that they gave Rehm the correct change or he would have told them about it like a little person who used to make my purchases(shhhh...none of them contained nicotine).
Yay Rehm! Mowing the lawn is a big deal (for mom and dad, too... David calls Maddie the 'lawn roomba'- he 'sets' her and she mows.)
ReplyDeleteI don't send Ben and Maddie into the store often because I usually use my debit card and have no cash on me, but they have become the car sitters. I can run into 7-11 or walgreens for a newspaper or diet coke without having to haul Mel in and out of the car for 30 seconds inside a store.
*sigh* They grow up WAY too fast.
What happens next? You blink and he is 21. Don't stop watching his transitions and recording them!
ReplyDeleteI forgot to ask...did you give him a Rootbeer when he finished?
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