Tyler spent the last two days at the farm with us.
This may have been his best time yet... at the farm.
Steering the gator. |
He will be going into second grade next week...
and this week he seemed like a much more grown up boy.
He conquered his fear of the chickens and roosters.
(For about the past year he has waited tentatively inside the safety of the gator
whenever we went to the chicken houses.)
This week, however, opened the chicken houses in the morning,
collected the eggs in the afternoon,
and closed the houses back up in the evening.
He even ventured into their yard by himself to drop of a snack of cantaloupe.
He walked Red from the upper pasture back to the barn by himself...
Moonbeam continues to walk himself home each morning...
taking a more and more circuitous route as time passes.
Tyler learned to feed the ducks, fill the watering troughs,
and remove the horses' fly masks...
He happily helped out with all of the barn chores chores and pasture cleaning.
I love teaching him these kinds of responsibilities.
Overcoming fears does so much to boost one's self esteem!
My hope for my grandchildren is that I can help teach them that they are
capable of anything!
The farm is a great way to broaden their experiences in ways that most kids
don't get to enjoy.
Hopefully the memories we make will last a lifetime.
Who knows, maybe some day one of them will take over the farm for us...
keeping the essence of Bee Haven Acres alive!
Comments
Going off on his own to do the chores sounds responsible . . .
Off to a good start!
Happy second grade Tyler!
Have a fun year in second grad Tyler!!
Enjoy, Janie