First Fire of Fall 2013

It's that season again!  This time around, we're going to have to keep a very close eye on Jakob when the wood stove is burning because he's mobile and very interested.  Of course we've got the gate around the stove, but we'll still need to be vigilant.  In an effort to teach Jakob how to use it safely, Dan let him help crumble the newspaper and help hand in some of the kindling before Dan got the first started.  Jakob loved being a part of the action!

The sound of crumbling paper used to scare me, and now I like to be the one doing the crumbling

It's blurry, but you can see me handing Daddy the ball of paper

Daddy is out getting kindling, so I'm going to take a closer look

Hmm, I don't think I want to be trapped in here

Here's a good piece of kindling

Pile it up

The gate is closed and the fire is hot