Parker cuts down a tree

Parker, dressed in his new chaps and ready to cut down a tree

We decided the pine tree beside the playfort had to go, too much mess from it's many little cones.  Parker had been asking Papa if he could fall a tree, so Papa finally said yes.  They rigged a line from the tree to Papa's truck so they could be somewhat sure it would fall in the right direction and not wipe out the playfort.  Parker did the cutting with instruction from Papa.

"It should fall over there."

And it did!

   

Now the hard work of cleaning up the limbs and cutting it all up begins, glad Gabe showed up to help.

 Even though they started at 10:00, it was starting to get really warm out, by the time we finished up it was noon,  Parker was ready to hit the pool!     Note:   Rielee was helping by collecting the green pine cones off the tree, she thinks they are special.  And who was in charge of safety here,  Parker forgot to wear his safety glasses!