Heavy Lifting....

On the surface this photo has all the appearance of a 12 year old boy earning his pocket money by mowing the lawn....which of course it is....to the naked eye.

Sarah is normally the lawn mower, furniture mover, barbecue builder, home decorator, suitcase carrier, heavy lifter....I'm not naturally adept at things like these.

The years of manual handling (including lifting me) however, has left Sarah with a knackered back. Protruding discs have even led to spinal surgery, which was carried out 5 days before we moved house. It made no difference to Sarah though, she still orchestrated the removal men and shifted boxes....!!

The picture is actually Sarah acquiescing to 'let' Sam help mow the lawn....you can just see her holding the power cable, in control, making sure he doesn't mow over the cable and that the cut is done to the required quality ;)

As Sam and Jess get bigger they are able to help with some of the more physical things around the home, they had better just make sure they do it to the Sarah standard....!!