Three kids, a hyper dog, a beautiful spring day, and onions that needed to be planted. Hmmm... what should I do?
Yes, I let the kids help plant onion sets. We, Timmy, his aunt Faith and I, must have lost our minds that day.
There was Brooke and Bryson, who are both two, Destiny, five, and Fancy, a one year old pup who can’t stand still, in the garden trying to do something constructive.
Now you are probably asking who had this brilliant idea. Well, that would be me, but I knew what to do.
Faith and I handed out the onion sets while Timmy marked off the row.
Three, two, one and they were off. Kids and dog everywhere. Now don’t get me wrong, they did good for the first two onions they planted but lost interest quickly. So while Faith and Timmy tried to wrangle up the kids and the dog, I sat down on the edge of the garden with my camera and laughed with every frame I snapped.
We ended up having to play a game, who can find the most onions scattered through the rest of the garden, the yard, and in Fancy’s mouth.
After a few minutes here they came with hands full of onion sets. I had never seen such a site. Dirty faces and hands, dirt smeared clothes. It was a sight to behold. Especially little Bryson trying to get the one from Fancy’s mouth.
It’s moments like this, I feel, that bring a family closer together. Those kids got a chance to have a hands on experience.
Especially Bryson. Fancy’s a little harder to wrestle than his sister.
I hope they come back around weeding time, but I’ll have to keep a closer eye on them then or we won’t have a garden left at all.
Column April 9, 2009 - published in the Citizen Voice & Times
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