Since Matthew was a baby, he has always been drawn to yard work. I have pictures of the progression of interest from being held while Bryon mowed, then using the bubble mower next to Bryon, then standing in front of Bryon holding the mower, and now finally weed whacking/edging/blowing off the patio by himself. This has been Matthew's job all summer and he is great at it! For the first time last night, a friend hired him to do the job since her husband was out of town. The friend happens to be a master gardener, and Matthew couldn't believe that she would hire HIM! Bryon was held up in a mediation last night, so Matthew lugged all the equipment into the minivan, and we drove over to Matthew's first job. He did great! I didn't bring the camera to the job as he said that would be embarrassing, but he did let me take a picture of his "man sweat" that he was so proud of after he finished! Boys!
In other breaking Barnhill news...Mary Beth had her first piano lesson! Our piano teacher takes kids when they are 1st graders, so it's Emmy Lou's turn! I thought she would be thrilled about it, but all summer she has been saying that she will NOT take lessons. Mary Beth, at one point, had convinced me to wait another year. She was hesitant to start because she didn't know how to play. Since the boys know how to play piano and take lessons, she just knew that you needed to know what you were doing to take lessons! Our teacher and I decided to give her a trial lesson. She went today and has fallen in love! She is so proud of herself, and I look forward to the beginning of great things for her on the piano! I just can't believe that I have increased my frequency of saying, "Go practice the piano....go practice the piano....go practice the piano" by 1/3! Ahh, the after school fun! ;)
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