Put That Girl to Work!

In the olden days, isn’t the reason people had a dozen or so children was to have more help out on the farm??  Well, its high time that Haley start earning her keep in this household!  She has been assigned the nightly task of feeding the animals (it kind of is a small farm in our house). 

We taught her how to feed the animals several weeks ago.  I have been meaning to post these pictures.  She is very regimented about her chores too.  She never forgets that it needs to be done and sometimes has to remind us its time to feed everyone. 

Sadly, these pictures were taken 1 week before our youngest dog, Clyde, passed away suddenly.  I don’t want to rehash the tragic event, it was horrific and traumatizing for me.  We still don’t know what happened to him, he had a seizure one night and died the next day.  Haley misses him, she points out the window and says “dog” then hold up two fingers as if to ask “why is there only 1 dog now”.  She still insists on filling two tupperware bowls of food, one for Rhett, one for Clyde.  How do you explain the death of a pet to a 2 year old….you can’t.  Anyhow, that was depressing….on to the pictures. 

She pushes her little desk chair to the food box in the pantry and gets two tupperware bowls of dog food

Then she pushes the chair and food to the door, we have to help her cross the threshold. 

Then she puts the food in the bowl, she often has to push Rhett out of the way, that 28lb girl can hold her own with a 90lb German Shepherd!!

Then she puts the tupperware bowls back in the pantry and INSISTS she must close the door

Now time to feed the cats

Good Job!!!!