An apology letter written by Karlie and Brina

The other day Jake went into the garage and noticed one of his boards had a letter written on it from the girls.  They also included a diagram and frowny face.  Next to the letter was a broken board.  The letter said:

Daddy I am very sorry we broke your board.  We were trying to carry two water buckets. 

Love Karlie and Brina

The girls were bringing water to the goats.  Instead of carrying one bucket at a time they decided to use one of Jake’s “boards” to carry two buckets together and save time.  They were thinking creatively, however, the board they chose was not strong enough to hold two full water buckets so it broke.  They tried to fix the board by taping it together, but with no luck.  After some discussion they decided to write a letter admitting their mistake and apologize to their Dad for breaking his board.

The board they broke.  They tried taping it together with painters tape!

The good, bad, and ugly:

Bad – they used a board without permission in the first place

Ugly – something was broken in the process

Good – they admitted their mistake and apologized for it

Even though they did something wrong I was happy to see they confessed to their mistake.  Although, we teach the girls right and wrong you never know what they will do.  Thankful for those moments when they admit when they are wrong and apologize.  It makes a parents heart happy to know the kids are trying.  What they did wasn’t horrible and they were trying to find a more efficient way to take care of their animals, but they still needed to let us know about it.