This is not a punishment!

Eli likes our grass. In fact, he likes it when our grass is neatly trimmed. So much so, that he's recently taken to trimming it himself, with his scissors. I have told him that it isn't necessary and that we do have a mower, but it turns out that he actually enjoys doing this - maybe it is his way of winding down after a big day at school?


As you can see from these photos and the video, he's quite happy snipping away...

...and here he is lounging on the grass after a session of trimming.

I'm not sure where this will lead now - either this behaviour of his will continue and he'll demand that we sell the mower and build a zen garden sometime soon, or he'll lose interest and the mower will get more of a workout through summer again.