Spring Planting

I never was a farm girl but I had grandparents that lived on the farm so I got a taste of farm life every once in awhile. I feel bad that my kids don't get to experience the farm very often. The boys have been planting things at preschool and have really enjoyed it so I thought it would be fun to have them help Grandma Hansen plant her giant garden. We went up to Tekamah Wednesday afternoon to help plant. We had gorgeous weather! It wasn't too hot or too cool. The kids were very excited, they packed all their shovels so they could dig too. They were very impressed with the size of grandma's garden. It is about the size of our backyard afterall. They were pretty good helpers. They planted gourds, pumkins, Indian corn, green beans, peppers, and egg plant. They also enjoyed picking and eating strawberries right out of the garden. Grandma also treated them to all the cookies and lemonade that they could eat. We all had a great time! It was fun seeing the kids enjoy the farm so much. Bryce was facinated with the cows, Caleb loved climbing the trees and playing in the stick pile and Abby loved seeing the cats and being grandma's helper. Too top off the evening we had homemade icecream and got to pet a racoon. Uncle Tom had found a baby racoon and was taking care of it. The boys thought he was really cute and funny but Abby wasn't sure that a "skunk" should be in the house. Thanks Grandma for a fun day!