Everyone should know by now the boys get paid to work. Mostly it's little things like trash and cleaning their room, picking up toys, etc. Sometimes, we have harder labor for them. Yesterday, Jordan took out the edgers from the front yard (hooray!) and the boys hauled them back to the back patio. We had to keep reminding ourselves that Freddie is a year younger than Cedrik, and his muscles are too. BUT he worked so hard. It was the most effort he has exerted in his life. On top of the physical exertion, he was traumatized by the bugs. Potato bugs don't bother him. But, ants and worms do. I think his eyes started playing tricks on him and he started getting even more concerned about the mud on the edgers. They worked together and thankfully, no one was hurt.
Cedrik yelled a lot trying to get Freddie to help, pay attention and do things his way. Freddie whined and cried the whole time. But when they were done, they were both beaming at how hard they had worked. Cedrik earned enough money to pay for his new scripture bag that he begged for and he took it to church today. Freddie earned enough to buy some more gum. :)
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