"Lawn Mowering", and more.

When I say Braxton has an obsession with "lawn mowering", it's definitely an understatement.  I can't even begin to explain how obsessed he is.  Truly, it's dominates about 90% of conversations we have with him.  Everytime we walk outside he asks if we are going to "cut the grass today?!"  He is way OCD about the whole thing, quite frankly.  I'm not really sure when it began, but it has definitely gotten out of control!  He LOVES, and I mean, L-O-V-E-S all things yardwork related.  His face lights up when you tell him it's time to cut the grass, or when he hears the neighbor crank up their lawnmower.  It's actually pretty stinkin cute.  I actually enjoy cutting the grass, so I have done that part of the yard every single time it's needed it this season.  And everytime, without fail, Braxton follows right behind me with this lawnmower, "cutting" away.  He'll take his own path some time but typically stays right in my "lines", even if he's way far behind me.  The neighbors gave him one of their pretend "weed wackers" to add to his yard equipment, so he'll stop mowing with me and go grab his weed eater and do some "weed wackering", as he calls it.  He is very serious about it too.  He really does believe that he is CUTTING the grass.  And it's been so cute to watch how he imitates just what Shawn does when he weedwacks;  Braxton actually walks backward exactly like Daddy when he "edges" and goes around the mailbox just like Daddy does too.  Now, he not only obsesses about the act of doing the yard work, but also where he stores his equipment, including his "cutting grass shoes".  Everything is lined up right next to Daddy's...lawn equipment under the house next to each piece of Daddy's equipment, and shoes right next to Daddy's "cutting grass shoes" in the garage. 

And as if all of this wasn't enough, one day Braxton could NOT get over the fact that he did NOT have a "blower" like Daddy's.  Well, Shawn fixed that....

One Saturday, Braxton saw a yard crew over at the house across the street and he was just itching to go over there.  He just stared and stared at the guys working and kept asking if he could.  All of the sudden, a plan was developed, and he and Reilly created their own yardcrew....they loaded all the equipment up into the wagon and Reilly pulled Braxton with his stuff up to the neighbors house, unloaded so he cut "do the yard" and then loaded back up and headed to the next house!  Seriously, this guy is on his way to making some serious money one summer when he gets a little older!!