Pimped Out Plant
Recently, I thought it might be a good idea to embark on some kind of gardening project to begin teaching our children about our ecosystem, farming and the importance of knowing where our food comes from. My husband and I have no experience growing anything. Wait a minute! Wait! My husband and I did manage to ‘grow’ some kids. Kinda. Sorta. That doesn’t count, does it? Okay, whatever. Not only do we have zero experience in the dirt/soil/planting seeds/watering cans, but we also have no backyard or a balcony.
Never fear. I managed to buy some miniature plant pots, some paints/paint brushes, a tiny watering can (for tiny hands), some soil and seeds (for growing flowers). On a random Saturday a few weeks back, we sat on our kitchen floor, laid out some paper bags and pimped out our plant pots. We dumped in some dirt, added the seeds and watered (actually, almost drowned) our newly planted seeds.
So much for our gardening project. The entire project took less than 5 minutes! I broke out a pair of gardening gloves for no reason! The oldest child lost complete interest after 5 minutes and the baby tried her best to eat some acrylic paint. Disaster. The worst part is that, after two weeks of watering and watching, NOTHING sprouted! The only thing we had after two weeks was two pots of WET DIRT! Sad, Sad, Sad.
But you know what? Within those five minutes, we created instant memories. I know, it sounds cheesy, but when these kiddies are in their 30’s and looking back through the photo albums, they’ll fall over laughing at our sad attempt to introduce them to our fragile, but incredibly vital, ecosystem. There will definitely be other opportunities to teach my kiddies a few things…. perhaps next time, I’ll see about renting a plot of land at our local neighborhood garden and recruiting the help of a green thumb! Here’s to creating memories!
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Amen to good memories!!!!