Tonight, I spent about an hour weeding a flower bed, during which time the boys were busy playing with their trucks and trying not to dig where they're not suppose to.
After weeding the flower bed, I decided to plant the flowers and bulbs I still had to get into the ground and the boys wanted to help. I asked them to get the marigolds from the other side of the yard. B was so smart and got out their little wheelbarrow and used that to bring them around. L was too busy tending to his eye that a bug went in to. He even got out a bottle of water to put on it to help the pain.
Once they were all around, we planted them It was so great watching them plant, especially B. I dug the holes, they put the flower in and covered them. L didn't do as good of a job as what B wanted, so B went back through and fixed them. It was really cute.
However, what really got me tonight was clean up time. I asked the boys to clean up the flower containers while I watered. They did really good but B went one step further and finished cleaning up the weeds. He reminded me so much of his dad cleaning up after me like that. He even put the garage door down after we were done in the garage without being asked.
I love watching the boys play mini mes, whether it's mini mom or mini dad. It makes me realize just how much they absorb by watching us.
