We got Naomi a watering can so she could participate in caring for our very small garden (2 tomato plants, a few cucumber plants, a few pepper plants, and some flowers). It took a couple times of demonstrating how to use the watering can before she got the hang of it, but now whenever she sees Matt heading for the back door, she runs pell-mell over there and dances around by the door anxiously until I can get her shoes on and the watering can in her hand.The first picture is of Naomi helping Matt water the flower area. With those wide bricks to reach across, she usually ends up watering mostly the bricks and her feet, but she sure has fun doing it! And we get squeals whenever Matt sends a squirt of water from the hose her way.
The second picture shows us hanging out on Naomi's bench. We used to hang out on it a lot more when Naomi wasn't an active participant in gardening!
1 comment:
That is so cute! What a great idea to give her a watering can to "help", your garden sounds a lot like ours...on the small side. I sometimes get frustrated with how Carolyn needs to help me and be into EVERYTHING! I need to step back a be a bit more creative like you so that she can be involved without making too much of a mess. Its a fun age though, eh?
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