Inspired to plant!

All I did was put a bag of dirt on the counter. Honestly! I didn't even say anything! I was just finishing cleaning up the kitchen and was planning to plant the tomato and pepper seeds I had purchased. Then one, by one, my three oldest kids gathered in the kitchen and began hunting for our stored seeds, pulling out seed trays, and writing on popsicle sticks. Before long, they were asking me if they could plant my seeds for me... um, sure. That was the easiest batch of seedlings I ever planted! And these kids even cleaned up after themselves! (I am thinking I must have done something right.)

So now we have three seed trays of little seedlings up on our East windowsill over the kitchen sink that these responsible kids are watching over and watering each day. This week, they discovered that the sun was better through the south windows in the afternoon, so they carefully move them back and forth each day. After just three days, the first seedling sprouted! We get so excited when a our seeds of Faith show promise!

The perplexing thing is that Lisa's and Brigham's seedlings have sprouted, but none of Amber's have yet. We are still trying to figure out what she did different, since some of the seeds were the same. This dilemma could make for an interesting science experiment. My hypothesis is that she packed the dirt in harder than the others and the little seedlings have to push harder and longer to reach the sunlight. I'll let you know if we figure it out.