Anna's favorite TV show for the last several months has been Curious George. While Jason and I have had more than our fill of the show, it is rare for Anna to agree to watch something different - she just LOVES that monkey and his hijinks. Even if we think George is annoying and that the Man with the Yellow Hat is just plain weird, the episodes do focus on problem solving, math and science skills. So, TV is good, right?!?
Anna often wants to perform the activities George does (one might say she's curious) - from requesting a tape measure to measure things around the house (according to Anna everything in our house is "9 pounds 2 inches big") to creating a paper mâché piñata (haven't tried that one yet) to looking for earthworms to have a worm race (yuck!). On a recent episode George planted a garden and she started asking so many questions about what happens to seeds when you plant them that I decided to let her see for herself. After a 15 minute search in the garage and kitchen we dug up some old pots, a half-used bag of potting soil, and seeds from a tomato, bell pepper and cucumber. And then the little gardner got to work.
Of course after the seeds were planted, Anna expected leaves to start shooting up from the dirt. Turns out planting items is a good test of a three-year-old's patience. After 3 days of no noticeable movement in the pots, I feared the seeds we plucked from the veggies in the fridge were goners. Then it occurred to me to plant beans (DUH!) so we added one more plant to the mix.
Lo and behold, on day 4, the tomato plant sprouted, the beans on day 5, and the pepper on day 6. Sadly, the cucumber did not make it. Anna tends to her "garden" daily and loves to show the plants to visitors. In this case I think that Curious Monkey paid off.
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Ole Anna Bergstrom had a farm e i e i ooooo!!! Way to go Anna! I want to eat some beans and tomatos next time i come!!
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