My Little Farmer

(This picture was a couple days ago when we were playing outside...he was making pizza and eggs out of mud. :)  )

Clarence woke up this morning ready to get to work.

Matt was headed out to cut a little hay (by himself) quickly before we have to go bale straw.  Clarence heard Matt was going to leave and he wanted to go with.

"I want to cut hay, mommy."

"Ask your daddy."

"Please, daddy, cut hay?"

(No response...he was looking up the weather and can only concentrate on one thing at a time...)

"Come and get dressed, Clarence, and we'll get your breakfast and you can go with," I told him.

We got him all dressed and ready to go (wearing swimming trunks because he's going to his friend, Esther's house, this afternoon and they get to swim)!  I got his breakfast ready.

Matt walked to the door and tried to sneak out...

"I go cut hay, daddy," Clarence told him.

This is when Matt broke the news..."It's really bumpy out there, Clarence . I just want to run and cut it quick, so why don't you stay home?"

Clarence started crying.  That just about broke my heart...

In the end, he got to go...it may be bumpy out there, but he'll stick with it.  He's such a trooper, and I'm so happy he likes to ride with his daddy (or mommy or Nikki or Grandpa Lowell) in the tractor.

So, they're off and it's Miss Adina and I home to make lunch...she's ready.  She's bringing me a bunch of utinsels from the baking drawer and setting them on my lap.  I hope she will always want to be my kitchen helper the way Clarence likes to be daddy's helper!

 And here's Adina with one of her cats.  I ran over this cat yesterday.  I felt so bad! He was finally tame and nice and the kids could play with him, and I ran over him.  Matt keeps calling me a cat-killer.  When I told Clarence that his orange kitty died, he said, "Go buy orange kitty."  He got over that one quick...he told me to just go buy another one.  I don't want him to be indifferent to death, but I also want him to know that things happen and we just have to deal with them. 

Have a super Tuesday!