Friday, September 5, 2008

Stupid teenage tricks

I know that the teenage brain is missing in action, but I wasn't sure just how much so till today. Big Brother (age 14.5) mows the lawn. I asked him to do that today and then put the tractor back. He mentioned that he thought tractors should be able to go on the road. I told him that he was not to take the lawn tractor on the road. He mows the lawn then everything gets quiet. I thought he had put the tractor back in the shed. No such luck. He decided that taking the tractor up the street was a good idea. No...I have no idea why he would think this was a good idea, but he did. So I took off in the van after him and found him pushing the tractor about an 1/8th of a mile from the house. It had died while crossing a neighbor's driveway. Not only had he taken it out of the yard, but he didn't check the amount of gas in it. He moved the mower out of the way and I brought him back to get the gas can. He refilled the mower and then drove it back home and put it away. He is rightfully embarrassed and I don't think he will do it again. I am going to be completely grey before I am 45 (and I turn 43 this year).

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Hi
I linked here from your Support4Homeschool Link.
Our son (12) mows our yard. Your post makes me very thankful we could only afford a push mower LOL.
Thanks for the good laugh!!

Salar37_Shushan said...

Just think though, you can tease him about it until you're ninety. LOL

Young teens can take some notions sometimes.

Susan in Va (SHS)

Emily said...

Just wanted to pop in and say a quick hello! I have some extra time today so I am catching up on blogs!
Blessings!