"I's Really Wants To Be A Farmer When I's Grows Up"

GD is very certain about what he wants to be when he grows up. He plans to have a brief stint as a monster truck driver followed by many, many years devoted to farming (with monster truck driving as a fall back). He talks about his future as a farmer every hour of every day. He knows what crops he'll plant, what animals he'll raise, and he definitely knows what tractors he wants. He is very serious about his farming goals and has laid out a plan not only for learning how to farm but for saving his money for big tractors.

His outline for preparing for his farming future includes:
1.  Watching every tractor he can.
2.  Helping "Tractor Pa" farm.

3. Practicing farming with his toys
4. Reading every book the library has on farming and tractors (he highly recommends the book "How John Deere Implements Work")
5.  Watching John Deere Action videos and YouTube videos about farming.
6.  Asking questions about farming 24/7 (which is why I also have "How John Deere Implements Work" on my reading list).

To save money for an articulated tractor with duelies he is going to:
1.  Help out around the house to earn money.
2.  Sell things he doesn't need anymore on Craigslist.
3.  Give chicken-catching lessons.
4.  Sell his money.

I think both plans are pretty well-thought out considering he just turned four.

Because he is so determined to be a farmer, he takes his responsibilities for our livestock and helping with the garden very seriously.  The chicks and chickens are checked on several times a day and the goats are hand-fed weeds every morning, afternoon, and evening.  He carries around chickens, gives out "goat-hugs," and makes sure everyone has food and water.  He has even started training the goats to be ridden.

He has also seen gardening as a worthwhile endeavor to hone his farming skills and has been very eager to help out.  After G was done tilling the garden a few weeks ago, GD grabbed his "soil finisher" (a rake) and went out to smooth the soil.  I'm pretty sure he was pretending he was a tractor out there.

He helped me plant everything, gently handling the bedding plants and meticulously spacing the seeds.

He even started to go through and fertilize everything with sheep manure.  By hand.

   There is no doubt that this kid loves everything about growing, harvesting, and caring for crops and animals.  My grandfather was a farmer and wanted so much to have a grandchild follow in his footsteps. He never got to meet GD, he passed away when I was pregnant with GD, but I'm sure they would have been best friends