Much of last evening was spent prepping the ground for our new pavers to go in. This will create a new patio surface for our grill and gives us a paved pathway to the hose spigot, and in general make the back entrance to our backyard look a lot better than it has.
Problem #1 is that much of the area we want to put the pavers in used to be gravel. That means there is a lot of embedded stones that are covered in years of neglected earth (read stuck in the dirt!) and in order to create a level surface for the pavers, we are in the process of derocking the soil. This involves rakes, hoes, forks to loosen and the combing the soil to remove the stones and then collecting those to put into a new raised stone area around the central air unit. In other words, we spent the evening in the dirt picking stones out of dirt piles.
Enter the boys who want to help. Great! (Neither my wife nor I find this particularly enjoyable) Each was armed with a bucket and they despite their young age, picking stones out of loose dirt is right in line with their skill level. Unfortunately, skill level and attention span are two different things so after a bucket load of stones was dumped that was about it for an hour or so till it seemed exciting again. The younger one also realized that it was easier just to go to the stone garden area to get stones than just picking them out of the dirt so he began reversing the process on us before we caught him.
All in all, my older son summed it all up..."this is our family project" he said as he knelt next to me picking up stones. I agree and thanks for the help boys...mommy and I GREATLY appreciate it
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