May 30

A shift in awareness has occurred. Chase spent the night with a friend Saturday night and came home about 11:30. I was planning to leave for Merrie Woode by 1pm. Chase wanted to start cutting the neighbor’s field. In the past I would have set everything up for Chase and sent him out to cut without really teaching him anything. He took the finishing mower off. He took the put the bushhog on. He had to check the oil, etc. He had to walk the field. I walked over and watched him cut the first two swipes. I helped him with a technique to get the grass that was pushed down by the tractor wheels but not cut. The bottom line is that instead of doing it for him, it became a learning experience.