About once a month we have Steve for a visit. This Saturday, we had Steve and his sister come to "earn some money." My agenda was to give them a physically active day, let them practice a few kitchen and yard skills and give them an experience of "family life at home working together." Here's a few of the things we did together: Move dirt with buckets, weed a few areas, wash and vacuum two cars, make pancakes, cornbread, strawberry ice cream and water the plants. They took about an hour break for each hour they worked, so they were happy to play on the computer, play a game of Bohnanza, relax and play with Douwe, and have a hearty lunch and lots of snacks. They each earned about 20 dollars which they were very proud and excited about.
Douwe loved it. He can't quite say Steve, it comes out more like "Cheese" but he watches Steve's every move and laughs at Steve's antics. We are so glad that we get the opportunity to see him on occasion. It helps us all put the trauma of the sudden parting last summer more and more behind us.
We often think of our house as quite modest, it's only a simple rectangle of 32 x 24 feet, which is probably the size of many people's garage foundation. But it's all relative . . .when Steve's sister walked in she asked how many floors we had, Steve told her "It's huge, it has a basement, a main floor AND an UPSTAIRS!" Looking at our house through their eyes, it is a mansion.
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