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<\/a>This thing is pretty cool. You
\n hang on to the handles and run on the wheel. Lex loved it and
\n Eve did it really well the very first time, but she couldn’t
\n seem to do it again.<\/span><\/div>\n
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<\/a>At the top of the
\n slide.<\/span><\/p>\n
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We got back in the car and went to
\n the feed supply store to buy compost, seeds, and fertilizer.
\n While the nice man was loading 50lb bags into my car, another
\n nice man let the kids play with the chickens in the coop out
\n front. Lex LOVED it! He giggled and chased the poor chickens
\n everywhere. I thought one might keel over of a heart attach,
\n but the guy said that they are pretty used to kids. Luckily! He
\n told Lex that if could catch one he could take it home. Umm…
\n NO!! Luckily Lex didn’t even come close to catching one!<\/p>\n
Then we came home for lunch and naps, and in <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Today was the first day that has really felt like summer to me. We were going to meet some friends at a field to play soccer, but Lex protested, so we didn’t. A little later I suggested trying a new … Continue reading
\n the afternoon we headed outside to plant our sunflower garden.
\n I got this book, Gardening
\n with Children<\/a>, awhile ago and during the winter Lex
\n and I decided that we wanted to plant a sunflower house this
\n summer. We’ve been talking about it for many months and he was
\n super excited to finally do it (ok, I’ll confess, I was too!)
\n You dig a rectangular outline and plant alternating sunflower
\n seeds and morning glory seeds. The sunflowers grow tall and
\n straight. The morning glories climb the sunflowers, weaving
\n back and forth to create walls, and when they get tall enough
\n you can route them across the top to form a roof. It looks
\n pretty cool. Of course we didn’t do a very good job of
\n following directions, didn’t have quite enough seeds or
\n compost, and dug the trench much too deep…. so we’ll see what
\n we get. Worst case I figure we’ll get some pretty flowers, and
\n best case it will resemble a fort for the kids to play in. We
\n put it in the back yard behind the swing set, where it’s very
\n sunny and flat. If nothing else we had a fun experience and Lex
\n learned that “digging a trench is very hard work!” :)<\/p>\n<\/a>
Digging the trench. Neither of
\n them were terribly good at digging, and arguably neither was I,
\n but we all had a great time. <\/span><\/div>\n<\/a>
Here is Eve sitting in the dirt.
\n You can see the outline where we planted
\n seeds.<\/span><\/div>\n