Yes...it was me that chopped down the cherry tree (and the maple, apple, birch, pine...etc.)

As we are nearing President's day, a story was brought to my mind.......
Years ago, my husband thought it was a great idea to start tool boxes for our sons. Well, they each had a hammer, and a screwdriver. The next thing he bought the boys were child size (but real) saws.HMMMMMMMM..... I didn't think it was the best idea, but I was certainly outnumbered!
Bill thought it would be great to start wood working projects with the boys. In theory it was a brilliant idea...do something constructive while harnessing all that "boy energy"!!!!The reality of this was having very excited little boys looking for something to practice on. Behind our home, we have a big field....filled in the summer with wildfowers (commonly known as colorful weeds) and LOTS of trees!
While Bill was looking for some wood he had set aside...the boys were looking also!!!They were looking for ANY available wood! By the time we had gotten the wood for the project and brought it outside...we didn't know where the boys had gone.....until we looked in the field and saw about thirty, three foot tree remains!
The boys were just getting going and would have continued, but we stopped their "construction" immediately! They were like a well oiled machine! The trees they chose to practice their skills on were all young trees with small diameters, so they were able to make quick work with their new saws........
In about five or so minutes those boys had devastated birch trees, apple, elder trees, hickory...anything in their path!!!
They all confessed to their crimes.......and I didn't know whether to laugh or cry as I perused the damage.
They didn't get a cherry tree (as George Washington had) but they all did confess (actually because they were proud of their handiwork)....
I can to this day look out and see the sawed off stumps.....Well, Bill and the boys did make a wood project, and after that the saws mysteriously disappeared!
The old adage is certainly true! "Many hands make work light"!
When the boys decide to tackle a project together, it is amazing what team effort will do!
Ecclesiastes 4:9
"Two (or more) are better than one, because they have a good reward for their labor" HOW TRUE!!!