Monday, October 1, 2012

Our Pumpkin and Sunflower Story

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Our story started last spring.  We planted seeds with our big buddies.
After they sprouted we transplanted them to our outside garden.
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All summer, myself and another family ventured to the school to keep them watered.  When school started, in September, we were happy to see blossoming pumpkins and tall sunflower plants.
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All September we kept them watered
and watched the pumpkins change from green to orange
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and the sunflowers blossom and opened towards the sky.
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Today we harvested.
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We counted how many sunflower blossoms grew on this one stalk that I’m holding.

Inside we’ve been documenting our pumpkin story.
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The children look at the pictures and we write what they say.
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Our pumpkins and sunflowers are now keeping our scarecrow company till we’re ready to eat them.
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