The letter S, Seeds, and the Parable of the Sower are our focus this week. This morning the kids enjoyed reading our Bible story, coloring their own picture of the Sower, and covering their S's with bird seeds (I kept my sanity by reminding my self we are going to vacuum after!) Sean kept saying, "Mom, there's no plants growing inside me!" after the story...yes, the parable went right over his head, but atleast he's learning and hopefully his heart is being cultivated and being prepared to receive seeds in good soil rather than among rocks & thorns!
For now, he's enjoying real planting and looking forward to our garden again this year! We went to Renfrow's Hardware and picked out some seed packets. This is the BEST place and FAR surpasses Lowe's or Home Depot. Renfrow's is the small town hardware store where you can go look at crickets and baby chicks and smell the rustic air and receive the best advice on gardening, etc. This is one of the reasons I love living within walking distance of downtown Matthews! We came home and poked holes in some egg cartons, filled them with soil, and planted our little seeds. They are staying inside for now until they are ready to be transplanted into our garden when the weather STAYS warm! We are being spoiled by this beautiful weather this week!
Woody follows us everywhere...uppercase & lowercase!
Lilly was more interested in playing on the swingset than planting seeds, so she isn't in any of these! Next time!
We moved a bench inside to keep the plants in the warmth until Spring...yes, those are Rubbermaid lids to keep water from dripping everywhere...couldn't think of anything else that would work--I had a metal pan rust on me once when we used it under the Christmas tree, so not wanting to ruin another pan!
He's really excited to watch his seeds grow! When we planted the Marigold seeds, he said they looked like "bombs" and said, "This one is going to grow me some bombs to play with!" Bless his heart--he will be so disappointed to see little orange marigolds instead of huge bombs! He is in desperate need of a haircut! And I'M not going to do it again this time--it still looks like a disaster in the front where I couldn't cut it straight due to his squirmy-ness!
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