When we were kids, my brother had a trailer that hooked up to the minivan.  He and a friend mowed grass for around 20 clients on a weekly basis.  Darren grew up doing something similar.

So when a mass email came through our church asking for someone to mow 2 apartment complexes, we jumped on it and Caleb’s business was born.  Darren imagined it as something all the boys could do together so they named it: “Coffman Brothers.”  Turns out for the last 2 years it has been something Heidi and Caleb do together while the other boys are growing bigger.  She doesn’t mind being called a “brother.”

Their first residential client gave them the nickname “The Green Team” and it stuck. Now they call themselves The Coffman Brother’s Green Team. (In Missouri If your legal name is in your business title, you don’t have to get a fictitious name registry–saves steps.) In addition to mowing they do storm and leaf cleanup and weeding/brush removal and this winter plan to do snow removal too.

Caleb didn’t have much say in choosing what he did for a business.  We decided it was good for him to work, to save up as much money as possible so he could have future choices, and made it happen.  He has earned and saved more than any other kid in the family, but would he do it over again?  I turned on the camera and asked him some questions.

This is day 6 of our series 31 days of Kids and Money