Dakota learns how to work and have fun on the farm

Very proud of my youngest this weekend! He’s 8.5 yrs old and would rather play on an iPad or game console than work outside in the sun.  I learned early on in life what hard work was all about from my dad and thought it was time to teach Koda. In life we get to play after we do our work. So I promised I would teach him how to ride the 4wheeler after he helped me tie up the vines and irrigation lines. I showed him once what to do, and he quickly mastered the tasks and then took off on his own trying up the lines.   Here I’m teaching him how to ride the 4wheeler. Don’t freakout about him not wearing a helmet.  I promise he will wear one next time he gets on it.

Motorcycles, 4-wheelers, cars, and anything with a motor, once mastered is like a drug. We (boys and men) love riding anything that has a motor in it and will do most anything to get to drive it again. So more life lessons follow.  I showed him how to drive the 4wheeler up to the stones and rocks on the side of the vineyard and then load them in the trailer. He would then drive further up and repeat. He filled the trailer halfway up today. Check out this video.

My little working man tuckered out.  He is a great helper and loves the farm. He must have told me 50 times how he loves being down there and wish papa was still here to see it.  Meeee tooooo.