Those grandmas need to learn some manners

A few weeks ago Maddie, Lucy and I went to Bancroft for a day to visit my mom and bring her to our home to visit for a week.  When we arrived, my mom was still at the church at a D.U.P.  meeting (daughters of the Utah pioneers) she had told me to come to the church when we arrived.  Most of the people who join the D.U.P. organization in the Bancroft area are 60+ years in age, so when we walked into the church Maddie saw all of these women and  happily stated "this is a grandma church." I didn't really take note of what she was saying, I just thought that she meant that this was grandma's church.  Lucy needed to use the restroom, so we immediately walked past the room where the D.U.P. were meeting and headed to the restroom.  Maddie tried out the cooshie rocking chairs in the restroom where moms can nurse and rock their babies.  I noticed a confused look on her face, and then she said "grandmas don't have babies!"  I just answered "no, not usually" and then we left. We decided to just head over to the school playground and play while we waited for her meeting to end.  On our way, Maddie saw that someone had thrown a half eaten apple into a bush just outside of the church.  Maddie laughed and said "those grandmas need to learn some manners."  Finally I understood what she meant with all of her statements about grandmas.  She didn't think that this was just grandma's church, she actually thought that only grandmas went to this church!   I laughed hard then, it is so funny to see the world through the eyes of a five year old.  I still laugh every time I think of how those grandmas needed to learn some manners.

Muddy Buddies

We've been pulling things out of our garden all summer, and I am just getting around to writing about our spring.  If I had to distinguish the seasons by looking at our children, I would always be able to tell when Spring had begun.

They always seem to look like this,

 

because they like to do this.

..and this...

and not necessarily this....

I love seeing their excitement as it turns into this...

...and this...

...and this...

(I love Lucy's face in this picture)

This year Hannah grew peas in the spring and then decided that she wanted to plant some trumpet vines to attract hummingbirds when the weather got warmer.  We will see how that turns out, she started them a little late in the season and they only have a tomato cage to support them.  Maybe we will put a post in her garden next year if they survive the winter and she decides that she wants to keep them for a while.

Johnny decided that he wanted to grow Zinnias because he felt like our yard needed some color.  I loved it when he would bring flowers in to me, even though he only brought them in because he knew that I would pay him 10 cents a flower (1 dad dollar).  It always seemed so sweet, and they looked beautiful on our mantel.  I told him that when he is married someday, maybe he can grow a flower garden and give his wife fresh cut flowers in the summer.  Wouldn't that be awesome?

Maddie grew spinach in the spring and watermelon in the summer, they were delicious. She even gave a watermelon to her little neighbor friend.

Lucy decided that she wanted to grow a pumpkin after her peas were finished.  It was a little late when we got the seeds in the ground for pumpkins, but she has faithfully watered it and patiently sits and waits for it to grow.  I hope that it turns orange before Halloween.  If not, we may have to break out the paint.