Who would have thought that such a cute little hedgehog could bring so much drama to the Lowry house.
KateLynn got this adorable little hedgehog planter for her birthday in December. She lovingly painted it, glued the bow in place on top of the head (on top for females, under the chin for males), and she carefully planted the seeds in the dirt. Everyday she watched and waited for those precious, little seeds to sprout and grow. Truly, her dedication to her little garden has been inspiring. Every day she would check it’s progress and give me a full report. After weeks of carefully tending to her grass garden, the seeds sprouted and grew.
Seeing that she could successfully grow something in her little hedgehog’s dirt back she decided to branch out and expand her little grass garden by gently planting a bean a midst the thriving grass stems. She informed Mya of the addition to the hedgehog garden, expecting Mya’s joy to be just as full as hers, as Mya had shared in each and every garden joy thus far. Mya, much to Katie’s surprise, however, was mortified that KateLynn had planted a bean. For hours, Mya wailed, cried, and begged KateLynn to remove the bean. Mya knew a bean would mean trouble for the little garden and for her as well. Mya informed us all, that while we were sleeping the bean would sprout, shoot upwards to the sky, and enable giants to climb down into her room at night. And of course, a giant in the house would mean certain destruction.
KateLynn, unconvinced of the beans great potential to introduce a giant into the Lowry home, nonetheless, relented because of all the weeping and wailing on Mya’s part, and “unplanted” the bean, opting instead, to replant the bean in secret, a few days later.
That is too cute! What a sweetie Mya is!!
Oh, my! Of COURSE giants would come down to the Lowry home! Your kids are steeped in good literature, it seems! 🙂 And good on Katie for “unplanting” the bean for her sister.
HILLARIOUS!
That is so funny! How long did it take to get to the bottom of the problem? I think I would have been pulling my hair out trying to figure out why she was so upset.
Tamera, she was very vocal, for hours, about the giant coming down the beanstalk into her room at night. We tried to reason with her that it wasn’t possible, but no matter what we said it did no good. That was the part that drove me crazy. Once that girl gets a thought in her mind it is stuck there for good.