Rainy Day Fun

Since Gail was sharing some cute things on her blog from Aaron, I'm going to share some of Emma's words of wisdom:

Although today was raining, Michael (along with Emma and Aaron) came up to do some Scout camp preparation. While their dad was working, the kids and I had a great time. When we got a break in the rain, I asked Emma if she'd like to earn some money pulling weeds for Grandma. To my surprise, she said yes and promptly went to work. I thought she'd lose interest quickly but she steadily kept at it. I found her an old box to pile the weeds in and when it was overflowing, Michael emptied it and she filled it again.

While she worked, I followed and helped a little by pulling the sticker weeds since we didn't have gloves her size. At one point she put a large handful of weeds in the box and told me that she was really fast "because she picked a lot of weeds at the same time." I told her that was a great idea and she informed me that she had thought of it herself. I smiled and said, "You mean no one told you to do it that way?" She looked at me with that all-knowing smile and said confidently "Big Brain!" :-)