A new spin on our Mother's Day tradition...

Eight years ago on Mother's day Mike and I bought our very first lawn mower. We had finally moved from a condo with no lawn to our first house. We actually call it our "happy house" as life was amazingly simple and Matthew was incredibly little.

Funny thing was that I said I could not mow the lawn because I could not pull start a lawn mower. My darling husband got wise and bought a lawn mower with a key start system. It broke shortly after but by then I had actually started loving mowing the lawn. I also learned that pull starting was pretty easy.

Fast forward to present day...

Our lawn mower has suffered to much abuse after 8 years and two moves and it was time for a new one.

 Matthew was so excited to be a part of the picking out of the new mower...as he had big dreams of being able to mow the lawn

 Lucky for him this new mower had a few features that makes it possible for him to mow..

Like big back wheels for easy navigation.. 4 different gears for slower speeds...

And a one latch system for changing the height of the blade..

All things that Matthew was excited about as the man at Lowes told us why this mower would be a great fit for us.

 Matthew did pretty amazing for his first time mowing...

Mike gave him some great advice that he had picked up from Grandpa Clair years ago...

It just sees that I may have a yard crew hired for the summer! I think Matthew and Hannah might make a pretty good team.

Don't worry he won't be all alone yet. He is still to small to pull start the mower...and I am still a worrier of a mom.

I don't think it will be long though before this is his job.