Undeterred

Sadly, winter is officially here.  The means one thing around the Skillman house:  A nice cozy fire.

Chloe was just begging for someone to start one but no one wanted to brave the drizzle and cold and go get wood from behind the barn.  It's quite a jaunt.

Usually the kids drive the riding lawnmower down to the barn and fill up the mower's trailer with wood.  But Chloe doesn't weigh enough to push the seat down far enough to override the seat sensor which is supposed to keep young drivers from operating these sort of gas-powered blade-wheeling contraptions.  But the geniuses who invented the seat sensor forgot that kids know how to add.  One plus one is not a hard equation.  It didn't take long for Chloe and Connor to multiply their weight by simply riding the mower together.  Their combined weight easily allows them to bypass all safety features.

That said, on this particularly blustery and chilly day, there was no way Connor was going outside.  That left Chloe with only one option:

the Wheelbarrow.

So what's a girl to do when it's the "perfect day for a fire" and no one heeds the call?  She does it all herself.

This wheelbarrow full of wood weighs twice as much as she does.  How she managed to push it down the long path to the barn, fill it up, and push it back without losing it all is impressive.

This girl is  Undeterred.
 ...and of course, shortly thereafter, she got her cozy fire. 

That's some real tenacity.  Let's hope she never gets it in her head to do something like get tattooed and join a biker club!  We could all be in trouble. I'm afraid there's no stopping this very determined girl.  Until then, we'll bask in the heat of her cozy fire.