Falling leaves around these parts means corn and beans being harvested. That always gets the boys..especially Joe...excited. As we drive, we are constantly passing tractors, combines, grain wagons, and the such. It is not unusual for Joe to be pushing himself up from the armrests of his car seat so he can peer out the window to point out tractors and combines in the fields.
This year has had some fun moments. With Josh working for Bill, Josh got instructions on how to drive the big red tractor that pulls the grain wagon. This wagon has to be brought to and from the combine over to the grain cart where the auger is moved around to empty the grain from the wagon to the cart so another tractor/auger set up can send the grain to the grain bin. The boys and I got to stand at a distance and watch the learning process...which held a lot of learning for each of us! The boys had a lot of interest and a lot of questions. And Bill patiently answered each question...sometimes leaving their question with a math problem to solve for the answer! :)
Josh jokes that he is a big boy now. He had a successful first day driving the tractor and emptying the grain from the bean field. So much so that Bill quickly asked Josh to help him at his dad's farm...which meant a lesson in driving that combine. It is an older, slightly smaller combine. Bill felt it was easier to learn on. So, Josh learned to drive that combine and had a successful day with it as well. Then, that combine broke down later the same day and Bill had to get the other bigger combine to use before the 5 days of rain came. Thus, Josh got to drive the big combine!
Needless to say, Joe can't wait until Josh and Bill are harvesting down the road from us so he can ride next to Dad in the combine! At this point, I'm not sure who would be enjoying it more!
This year has had some fun moments. With Josh working for Bill, Josh got instructions on how to drive the big red tractor that pulls the grain wagon. This wagon has to be brought to and from the combine over to the grain cart where the auger is moved around to empty the grain from the wagon to the cart so another tractor/auger set up can send the grain to the grain bin. The boys and I got to stand at a distance and watch the learning process...which held a lot of learning for each of us! The boys had a lot of interest and a lot of questions. And Bill patiently answered each question...sometimes leaving their question with a math problem to solve for the answer! :)
Josh jokes that he is a big boy now. He had a successful first day driving the tractor and emptying the grain from the bean field. So much so that Bill quickly asked Josh to help him at his dad's farm...which meant a lesson in driving that combine. It is an older, slightly smaller combine. Bill felt it was easier to learn on. So, Josh learned to drive that combine and had a successful day with it as well. Then, that combine broke down later the same day and Bill had to get the other bigger combine to use before the 5 days of rain came. Thus, Josh got to drive the big combine!
Needless to say, Joe can't wait until Josh and Bill are harvesting down the road from us so he can ride next to Dad in the combine! At this point, I'm not sure who would be enjoying it more!
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