November 7th was Take Pride in Acadia Day, which means volunteers join together to rake the carriage roads clean in preparation for winter. There were over 400 this year, and some people even came from southern Maine to join in. We decided to participate because Madies Girl Scout troop signed up for it. Since Mal was gone all day to the temple, I decided this would be great to make the day go really well. Some hard work to keep them busy, and a free lunch afterwards, I'm all in! And it did make it much easier. Petranella loves being in the pack on my back, and sleeps at will. Finn loves using tools and working shoulder to shoulder with me. And Madie loves the social aspects of these activities. Mike for the win! Although there were moments that were tough, like Finn falling and scraping his knee while I was holding Nella and holding his hot chocolate, or 5 minutes later when Finn spilled his entire cup of hot chocolate on his pants. That last one was our cue to leave. The rest of the day was peaceful. Kids were too tired to fight each other or argue with me.
Raking between these boulders is what they call "flossing Rockefellers teeth".
I was impressed to see how hard Madie worked. Not that she isn't a hard worker, but she isn't one to do a lot of yard work at home. Again, the social aspect really helped.
Finn loved helping lift the tarp of leaves, and even got to be the leader a couple of times. He also loved running in the deep leaves.
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