Clean Up Time

Christmas has come and gone, and the only thing left after the cooking and shopping and eating and present-opening and eating and visiting and eating and game-playing, is a garage full of trash bags and empty boxes.
I spent the morning on dishes and laundry, but by noon I realized this was no One-Woman job.
So I went downstairs where Parker and his friend were playing DJ Hero and informed them I needed Trash Heroes instead.  All I was really asking for was a strong boy to carry the heavy trash bags up to the can at the end of the drive.  And then burn the boxes on the burn pile out back.  It was a 10 min job...tops.
Still, I braced myself for resistance...
But none came.
They paused the game, hopped right up, and went out the door.
Twenty minutes later, I looked out to find this...

The boys had just traded one game for another.  They had first tried tying a snowboard to the back of the 4 wheeler.  When that didn't work, they tried this dilapidated old trailer which has one wheel held on with a bread twisty tie.  And while, in theory, this should make the job faster and easier, stopping every 2 feet to pick up a fallen bag or re-attach a wheel actually took longer. 

Did they seem to care?

No. 

It was an excuse to play in the snow with a loud and stinky machine.  

Boy Heaven.

And when I came out to see what they were doing, Parker even included me in the fun by "drifting" around me...which involved him zooming around and around me in a tight circle until his wheels slid sideways on the snow.  He is such a thoughtful son. 

Parker Playbook page 27:  When you have a boring job to do, find a way to include a 4 wheeler.  And get a friend to help.