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     I cannot tell you enough how eagerly we have been awaiting the arrival of Spring!! We are especially excited because our new house comes with a little yard to enjoy, dig up, get dirty in, and hold science experiments! We had a lovely yard where we lived right before buying this house, but there is just something sweet about really being able to call something your own. 
     Anyway, I love Spring, and I also love Target. They sell these little seed kits, which I just love. So today, the boys and I learned all about seeds, what they need to grow, and planted our own! We also made a little seed journal thing that I found a template for on Pinterest (I love pinterest!) but I didn't take any pictures of that. Here are my little gardeners! Granted, I really doubt our seeds will actually grow, because the strawberry seeds were so small and it was so windy out that most of them blew away. Maybe our sunflowers will turn out though!
     Either way, it was a good investment for a fun science lesson!








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  1. UnknownApril 15, 2014 at 6:19 PM

    Love these pics Jess. The boys look like they are really enjoying this new adventure:) I'm so happy you guys get to experiment with gardening and all that.

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