Last weekend I made the mistake of telling my FIL that Ashlee wanted to come play in his garden. He took that statement that we would help him plant his entire garden. Well once I had opened my mouth there was no taking it back. LOL!! So he told my husband to be there bright and early Saturday morning to get started. Well bright & early didn't happen because he lives 45 minutes from us. But we did get there a little before 9 am. He had already started making the rows with the tractor. So as we are pulling in Hayden saw him and started screaming "I wanna ride the tractor". We got him up on the tractor with Papa and he was set for life. That was his first BIG tractor ride. Now it is all he talks about.
Ashlee and Matthew were happy enough playing in the dirt for a while so we sat down and listened to Haywood's plan on where everything was going. We planted the majority of the things with the tractor so we were only there for about 3 hours but it was long enough for all of the kids to play in the dirt, ride the tractor, and plant a couple of rows of veggies. They were more than happy with what they accomplished.
Haywood already had the strawberry's there so the kids could see that they were almost ready to be picked. They were also able to plant 4 different kinds of tomato plants. Everything else was seed and we will have to wait until next visit to be able to see what they look like. I think this gives the kids something to look forward too later. Here is our list of what is in the garden this year. Corn, butter beans, peas, string beans, 3 kinds of watermelon, 2 kinds of cucumbers, field peas, zukes, cantaloupes, squash, & garden peas. I think that will keep Haywood busy for a while.
I don't know how much fun he had trying to work around 3 little ones, but my children have never been more dirty or more happy in their lives.
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