That's awsome ....but so true.
All is Mom had to do is threaten us by telling Dad, and we would do whatever she wanted, and always thought of this before doing alot of things.
reading that just about every point is true when we were growing up
dad didnt have to do anything but give us the look and we knew we were in for some trouble ... but when we did the work on the farm wether it was riding the stone boat picking stones or cleaning the barn out we had some toys that other kids never dreamed of having... and yes one was a sled to spend our sundays on as our saturdays consisted of doing the chores so we could have gas and oil to put in them to ride...
The "stone boat and cleaning out the barn" haha sounds like you grew up rite next door to me.