Busy Friday

While in town to buy more lumber to finish the loafing shed, 12 year-old K8 said, "Hey, my first pimple!" I had to record this historical moment. Does this mean that he is officially a teenager?

Once the weather started to warm-up, I had the boys outside to finish framing our new loafing shed. They have done the majority of the work, and I think they have done a good job for their first real construction project. The cows and sheep will love it during an ice storm and never complain.

K8 inspected the roof frame and declared it ready for the metal covering.

The first piece of metal goes on roof, and then the battery in drill died! Time to wrap up for the day.

K8 was assigned to collect all the cow dung inside the corral and dump it in the garden compost bins, and then pull all the string off the three old bales of hay on right hand side of photo. Here is his definition of "wrap up for the day". He works until he gets distracted by something fun...

And my last errand of day. Give K6 a ride home from __________________(fill in the blank from one of these 4 choices): (a) the burger factory; (b) McDonald's University; (c) the real world; or (d) the grease trap.

Home for some fresh lamb stew!