Spring Break on the Farm for the City Boy

We were thrilled that Jett would spend his spring break on the farm.  As always we have activities to keep us busy as well as chores.

Wednesday evening was Mel's turn to drive the church bus for Bible Safari.  Jett enjoys riding the bus and visiting with the boys he has met.

Jett assisted us with chores that are done daily.

Gathering eggs - we have a chicken (and sometimes more than one) that chooses to lay at the end of the horse stalls.  Maybe the nest in the hen house is occupied or maybe it is just her "means of control" that she chooses to lay here.

Of course, the reward at the end of completing chores is enjoying a Yoo-Hoo from the refrigerator in the barn!

Mel wanted to do some fence work.  Jett wondered if he could earn some money for a Lego if he worked hard.  Never is it too early to encourage this desire!  Jett is bundled up and has the essential snacks for break time!

Jett with his gloves on ready!  They are mismatched but for farm work if they cover the hands, then that's what will do (especially when we don't have gloves for small hands).

In the tractor with Grandpop

Loading the steel posts

Assisting Grandpop

After completing the fence work Jett and I came home.  Jett helped me clean out the flowerbeds.

 He was good at using the hoe

Feeding the Cows

Grandpop had a horse clinic and show that he was attending so Jett and I fed the cows because of the time the clinic began.  He feeds one cow separately from the others so Jett took care of putting feed in her bucket.

After he did that I was ready pour feed into the troughs for the rest of the cows.  Jett said he could carry one of the buckets for me (Mel filled them half full so they would not be so heavy) and poured his into a trough.  Quite the little helper!!

Time to put the empty buckets in the car

Jett earned money for working.  He and I went to town so he could spend his money.  He is quite the shopper.  He would ask the price of various sets then figure out which he could afford and if there could be some combinations.  The best way to learn to live within a budget!

Jenga Boom was a game we played.  He even played it with Grammy.

Amazing how these 2 little cars provided a lot of fun.

Talk about a "technology native" - Jett is.  He wanted to build a squid using the Lego pieces we had.  We looked it up and found a YouTube video and we also used the Lego website.  He is quite proficient in computer use!

 The completed squid

Visiting Grammy 

 A fun time with Jett!