July 10, 2014
Last fall I spent an afternoon pulling weeds and cleaning up flower beds at my daughter’s house. The older two boys – Peyton and Logan – were in school, but Chase was still at home. I think he looks like a little James Garner in his hat and boots!
Chase was combining his digging chores with his snack time, and munching mini-marshmallows out of a little plastic bowl. Next thing we knew, he was digging holes and burying the marshmallows in the flower bed. Turns out he was hoping that if he planted the mini ones, once they grew he would have normal size ones for some’ores!
I didn’t see the point in explaining the fallacy of that theory, so we filled the little watering can and let him finish out the project the right way. He was very proud of his hard work, and we were very proud of his thought processes!
I never heard the official end of that story, but I’m pretty sure he did NOT harvest marshmallows. But what we planted that day – and what grew from that – were happy times together making wonderful memories. I’m hoping that sometime soon we can plant some more marshmallows. I’ve been really hungry for some’ores….. Love you, Chase!!!!
Last fall I spent an afternoon pulling weeds and cleaning up flower beds at my daughter’s house. The older two boys – Peyton and Logan – were in school, but Chase was still at home. I think he looks like a little James Garner in his hat and boots!
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