Not too many 6 year olds care what stuff is made out of. Like a Fabreeze spray can. Once she knew it was aluminum, she wanted to know how much it weighed, so we got out the jewelry scale and she figured out that it takes 8 cans to make a pound. And says "I'll make sure we get 'em Daddy" LOL. She just asked me "what are we going to weigh today?"
Maybe she just wanted to do her part since she knew her 4 year old brother was outside with me looking around the ditch for cans and other scrap. We have about 500 feet of frontage by the road, and since there's a county transfer station 2 miles down, we sometimes have goodies waiting to be found (a new pair of gold earrings still in the store box was waiting for us in the ditch 2 weeks ago.) Had fun with the jewelry scale that day. He can't even go out to feed the dog without saying "Sorry mama, gotta scrap first." Gotta love it.
In a way, I'm glad I waited to have kids till I was almost 40 and scaled back to working only part-time for a regular paycheck. The wife is 24 and a stay home mama. I get more time for scrapping, and being there for all the little moments with the kiddos. Worth all the scrap in Georgia and then some. Thanks for reading and letting me brag on them a little.
-Drew
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