Planting A Seed & Enjoying The Growth Within This Time

I’m so thankful for our teachers who are sending us hands on activities in the mail. Yes, I could have thought about this myself and yes, we will be planting more flowers again soon as another thing to do together. But there is something so freeing inside to have something arrive and be ready for you to do rather than think about ‘what’s next’ during these days.

Owen is special needs and has a very limited attention span. This was one of the first hands on activities outdoors that we’ve been able to enjoy due to weather and it gave my heart everything it needed this week. I made a little scavenger hunt for us to do so he could follow a couple directions and he had so much more fun with it than I thought he would.

George came along with us and we didn’t even have to leave our yard. His task was to find 3 yellow dandelions, 4 sticks and to plant 1 flower. He listened so well to me when I had him stick his finger in the dirt to make his hole for the seed, even though he doesn’t like to be dirty.

Overall, this was just a simple, small moment in our day that made our whole day. The weather at this time in the later afternoon shared it’s warm sunshine with us, there was a light breeze and made it so easy to concentrate on this moment with him.

“The day you plant the seed is not the day you eat the fruit.”
What a perfect little reminder during these times of living slow. Try to enjoy the growth that is happening around you at this time.