We love having dinner outside on our choofer. Mind you we don’t get to use it enough! Maybe once or twice a week, really we should trying cooking on it more often! Especially being winter time.
Fire Wood Cutting
We discovered that we now have one son who is so good at cutting up the wood for the choofer –
He is now in charge of cutting up all of our wood! He cut each block in half and then in half again. Even though his brothers tried, Kyle was able to spilt more wood than any of them!
Maybe we have a champion wood-cutter in our family?
Do You Let Your Kids Help With Cutting Wood?
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Lisa
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I would let them help yes. I’m not really of the school of thought that kids shouldn’t be allowed anything sharp or dangerous, ever. I think that they can learn responsibility quite young and can be sensible if we give them enough guided practice…. Would absolutely love one day to be able to have a wood fire or fire pit to be able toast things over and snuggle up round!
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We let our boys try things out ~ mind you we keep a good eye on them when they are near the fire as its too hot to muck around with. Our boys are into a lot of whatever David is doing with his tools 🙂
It is nice when one child excels at something, then they are really proud and feel appreciated for their contribution. Well done Kyle!
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Hi Jan,
Its so funny to watch Kyle having a go ~ and he is really good at spilting the wood!
Cheers
Lisa
We’ve made friends with world champion woodchopper David Foster, who is an incredible man. Without knowing him, I would have had little interest in it as a sport. But my goodness, the men who take up woodchopping, are just amazing. 🙂
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Now that would be so cool – knowing a champion woodchopper! Will have to let our son Kyle know ~ he would love to start entering competitions already!
I rekcon they are amazing with what they can cut, especially under pressure!
Oh so you call that a choofer! What a great kid you have.. Yes. I’d allow my kids to experiment and be risky. Experience is learning.
Hi Anne,
Yep its our outdoor way of cooking meals!!!
I like that saying “Experience is Learning”
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Lisa
Hi Lisa,
In our family, the kids or the younger ones usually (must) help out the elders in any way they can. I think it’s a good way to teach kids about helping and being responsible while having fun or bonding with the family.
Hi Heather,
That is so great! Love that your kids help each other out 🙂
Cheers
Lisa
Good to hear that! If I have a grown up kid at home, I would also do the same.
It’s nice to see them know some stuff like that!
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Hi Shane,
Its is cool that my kids will try anything and everything 🙂
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Lisa
Hey, Thank you for sharing this amazing information about the firewood cutting.
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Yes i let my kids cutting woods. My two kids are grown. Sometimes for fire they cut woods and i also help them to kindling the woods.
its such a good tool for them to know and learn!