Jelly Belly and Me~Building with Junk

In honor of Earth Day, Jelly Belly's preschool had a "Build with Junk" Day.  For weeks, we saved all of our recycable junk.  Last week, she learned all about it and ways to help the Earth.

First, we dumped all our junk in the middle of the yard.

Then, we talked about what she wanted to build.  She decided on a house!

Our house had a doggie house, a garden, a tree, a chimey...

I had a blast building with her and later in the week we received this:

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Our first planting experience

Jelly Belly asked if she could plant some seeds so she can water them. Not sure where she got the idea from but she asked more than once. At first, I thought...this is a project for daddy. But the more I thought about it, the more excited I got. So we went to Lowe's to see what we could find. We bought this ecofriendly starter kit and a few flower seeds. I have never planted anything before, so this will be a new experience for me, and a great family activity. Hopefully our outcome won't be too dissapointing.

Pellets...

Looking at her flower seeds....








First, we watered the pellets and they quickly turned into soil.

Then, we sowed the seeds....

And watered them once more....

We will check them every few days and hope

to soon transfer them to our front yard. Keep your fingers crossed.

She was very quiet through the entire process and this was a great way to end a Monday.