Planting Freesia

When we took down the Christmas tree this year, I bought some flower bulbs to plant to welcome the oncoming spring.  I prepared all my supplies ahead of time, and invited the kids to come in the backyard for a project.  I’m now learning that the key to keeping them happy and involved is to have everything ready ahead of time.

I showed The Girl only once, to place the bulbs in the soil, pointed side up.  You would have thought she had been doing it her whole life, the way she placed each one in the pot, with such great deliberateness, getting it right every time.

The Boy was more interested in the dirt and the watering.

We placed the pot on our winter nature table, in anticipation of spring.