Our oldest two boys are doing summer internships--meaning hard work for no pay, but valuable experience. : ) They are loving it right now (of course, it's new, and not 100 degrees outside yet). Trey is working at a small dairy goat farm for a veterinarian who is now a stay-at-home mom. Well, her own animals, friends, and neighbors who drop by keep her plenty busy with vet. things. So far, Trey has gotten to examine a goat placenta, look at coccidia under a microscope and stomach tube medicine into the goat who had it, and he is really looking forward to training some horses there this summer. He has an incubation project with some chicken eggs going on right now, as well. Timothy is working for another local farmer, who uses a lot of Amish farming practices. He got to drive a horse drawn hay cutter two laps around the field. Quite a thrilling experience for both boys!
This left the younger boys in want of fun summer work, also. Quickly, I decided they could paint the deck and if all went well, Luke, our 10 year old, could become my official painter, hence The Stoudemayer Brothers Paint Company. It was really fun the first day, the second day it got a little older, and now, we just have a little bit to finish, but I couldn't get anyone interested today. Oh well. Luke wanted to claim a workman's comp injury and be paid with double desserts for the blisters he sustained while rolling and brushing the deck. Unfortunately, we told him 10 year olds aren't entitled to workman's comp.
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