May Flowers

We planted flowers this morning. Talia was in little girl heaven. Benj was a bit grumpy and so not very excited about the whole thing.

Using the trowel from Talia's plastic play gardening set--the handle is an ear of corn--we filled her pot with soil. (Well, dirt if you ask her.) (1)

Next we carefully poured out two little seeds into the palm of her chubby hand and I helped her tip them into the pot.

Then Mama put "just a little scoop" of soil on top of the seeds and we "pat, pat, pat'ed" the soil down with a flat trowel (an eggplant-shaped handle :) ).

Flowers not only need soil ("food") and seeds to grow. They also need water. She helped me sprinkle some water from her watering can on the pot and then I taught her to check the holes in the bottom of the pot for drips to show that we gave our flowers enough to drink. (2)

The last thing we need for healthy flowers is sunshine! We placed her pots on some low shelves on the sunny side of the house. (3)

She was so proud of her "f'owers." (4)