Little House on the Prairie

Backstory: We move into a house, figure that we need a lawnmower and low and behold, Charles' dad says, hey I have a mower that's never been used, you can have it. Awesome. So we get said mower and Charles does his lawn maintenance. You should also know that Ian LOVES mowers and mowing and anything that resembles a lawnmower. He could watch someone mow their lawn for hours. Since Ian loves it so much, Charles puts Ian in the Ergo and wears him on his back when he mows the lawn. This is probably Ian's favorite thing ever.

Two or three weeks ago, Charles is getting all ready to mow the lawn. I get Ian in his grubby clothes, put a hat on him and bring him out to Charles. I strap him on his back and assume their on their way. 5 minutes later Charles comes in with gas all over his hands. Excellent. Without getting into all the details, it turns out our mower was recalled a few years ago and the part that caused the recall broke on our mower. So we have to order that part.

Current story: Here we are, two or three weeks later and we have the longest lawn in the neighborhood. Every night when I'm putting Ian to bed we talk about what he wants to do the next day. Every night for weeks now, this has been our conversation:

Me: Ian, what do you want to do tomorrow?

Ian: Mow mow, fix.

Me: Yes baby, I know we need to fix the mower. Then you can mow with Daddy.

Ian: Back?

Me: Yes, you can ride on his back.

Ian: Hat?

Me: Yes, you can wear your hat.

What a funny dude. I love his little conversations and I can't wait till he's speaking in full sentances! The great news is that we got the call that the part came in today! Charles will pick it up tomorrow and he'll be mowing on Saturday!