Work kids work!!!

So on Friday night we set the kids down and had a long talk with them. We told them that they are no longer going to get free food. They are old enough now that they had to starting working to earn their room and board. So Saturday morning they got to work. They tore up our front sidewalk and front step. Then they had to clean it up. I am letting them wait til this coming weekend to lay the new sidewalk and step. Then they got to work on a new sliding door in the back of our house. Here is evidence of their hard work. In this first picture the kids had filled up the big wheelbarrow and were starting to fill up their shopping cart.
Here is Ethan hard at work.

That is about the biggest pieces of stone that they could pick up.
Here is the new door. Ethan worked really hard on this -- notice his handy dandy hammer.

Ella decided that she needed a little break -- after all she is only 16 months compared to Ethan's whole 2.5 years. OK - in case you could not tell the sarcasm - the kids were just having fun helping -- we are still feeding them, buying them toys and clothes, and letting them sleep in our house - even if they were not the hard workers that they are they would still get these wonderful privileges. OH to be young again.