Earlier this summer, Eloise and I went out and planted a bunch of pumpkin seeds in our garden. We've mostly grown tomatoes and cukes and carrots in the past, so we didn't have much of expectations when it came to pumpkins.
But..to our surprise, they went crazy. In fact, they basically took over our entire garden. They choked out just about everything else and made the garden hard to navigate as the vines crept to every corner of the space.
But...everytime we went out to look at the progress, Eloise light up with excitement. She loved looking at the vines, the blossoms and finally...some of the pumpkins as they sprouted up.
Eloise had been telling her teacher at Pre-school about her 'pumpkin patch' in our yard and the class just happened to have a section they were teaching on pumpkins.
So, Nat, Ellie and the teacher arranged for a 'field trip' for Ellie's class to come see the 'patch'.
When they arrived, we talked about how pumpkins grow, what to look for as they mature and we even harvested a few of them for her class to take back to school.
I know Eloise had a lot of fun showing off her hard work, but I think Nat and I had even more fun seeing her light up with excitement as we talked about how we grew them!
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