Carrots & Computers- what a combo

A hard day of digging in the dirt

This week was full of yard work. We cleaned out the garden and that included finding out that all the carrots that we thought were hopeless causes were actually ready to be picked. The kids loved pulling them out. They were fascinated that carrots 'lived in the ground' and 'were dirty'. Today was our day to wash the carrots off and get them ready to eat. The kids helped me wash them all.  Caleb 'helped' by splashing the water in the sink while trying to push Kayleigh off the chair; meanwhile, Kayleigh was super helpful. She washed all the carrots for me. It was so fun hearing her realizations, "Mom, there really are carrots under all this dirt!" and "Yum, garden carrots actually taste good". She even helped me long after the 'fun' wore off and it became a bit of work. I love seeing her follow through on a project with perseverance.

And having some fun too

Our loot

Kay hard at work scrubbing carrots

Caleb likes to help too

YUM! I like carrots

& me too!

I'm a good helper too

Grace likes to enjoy the bounty

Fresh carrots (Caleb clearly got to one)

Ready for snack time

Random tidbit- Caleb has become obsessed with using our computers. He is either sitting next to me, on my lap, or more recently, sitting with the computer by himself. He types, moves the mouse, and looks like he totally is doing something productive. It totally cracks me up.  So cute! :).

My little computer nerd

Clearly hard at work..

Oh yes, he has taken over daddy's computer too

Computer & puppy - a perfect bedtime complement

Couldn't resist the crazy hair pic

Random tidbit- Caleb has become obsessed with using our computers. He is either sitting next to me, on my lap, or more recently, sitting with the computer by himself. He types, moves the mouse, and looks like he totally is doing something productive. It totally cracks me up.  So cute! :)