My first good use of Dandelions

We all have them in our yard adding to the charm of the grass, dandelions. My kids love to pick them and bring them to me, stain thier clothes and get very upset when they wither even when we put them in water. I must admit I don't like them, but it gives the kids so much joy that I let them. I was so excited when I found this craft on simple kids blog . Not only do my kids love to paint it gave a good purpuse to all the dandelions in yard. Right now we really do have a dandeforest in the back. The girls had fun making these and we are going to send them to all the grandmas for mothers day this year. Very cute and easy.

Lessons in Stewardship

I am always looking for ways to teach my children about God. This year I used earth day, no I am not a tree hugger nor do I consider myself "crunchy". However, I want to be a good steward for the Lord. He has given us this earth to garden for Him.

It was time for us to plant our seeds for the sunflower garden the girls wanted under the window of their room. We used everything from old yogert containers and tin cans to grapefruit halves(we are going to try and just pant those into the ground as compost). While we were planting I spoke wiht them about reusing these things rather than putting them right into the recyling. We need to do our part to keep God's creation beautiful. In addition we are being good stewards of our money if not for the fruit and the old contianers we would have had to purchace pots for the seeds. Hopefully they will grow well so we can plant them in the ground in a few weeks.