The Aerator
Greetings to everyone.
A couple of weeks back, Rebecca's MOPS group held its annual sale. It's like a giant garage sale for all things kids and moms related. Great bargains, as you may expect.
Rebecca worked the sale this year, which entitled her to shop Thursday evening. The sale opened to the public early Friday, so Rebecca got to pick up stuff before it got picked over. She found a bike trailer for Xavier, as well as a couple of games and building sets. Of the two building sets Xavier scored, he has liked his Tinker Toys the most.
We have built windmills, planes, helicopters, steam rollers, and of course, car washes just to name a few of the projects this set of toys allowed him to undertake.
This morning, very early, Xavier had been up maybe long enough to exit his room and find me in my office, the sounds of a small engine roared in our ears. Around the corner of the house a stranger pushing an aerator appeared, most unexpectedly. We had engaged a crew to aerate this Spring, but Sunday at 8:00 AM was not when we thought they would do the work.
The machine enthralled Xavier. He watched it through the slider door leading to the back yard, asking what the guy was doing. I explained, then invited Xavier to put on his shoes so we could go outside and see the holes and plugs in the lawn.
After church this morning, we stopped off at Ace to buy grass seed. While Rebecca spread the seed in the newly aerated, fertilized lawn, Xavier built his newest tinker Toy project. Afterward, he hastened into the yard to help. He later reported to me that aerating the yard was hard work.
