Thanks to a lovely couple off of freecycle, we were able to get a wagon! It’s in rusty shape but my husband has made a project of it and is refurbishing it! Even without the makeover my five year old has had a great time with it using it for exactly what wagons are made for, fun and memories!
Thank you John and Jan!
One of the choices for one of my DrawSomething games was wagon and I immediately thought of a little red wagon. As I drew the unimpressive idea of a wagon, the memories of hours spent in childhood playing in such a wagon decided to surface. I hadn’t thought of it in years, had forgotten all about it. But as I thought about it I remembered taking turns with my sisters riding in it at my grandparent’s house in Louisiana, who are both now passed away. I remembered carrying mudpies back in forth from screened in porch to our ‘kitchen’ in the yard. I remember carrying dolls with blankets in the bottom because the metal got too hot for meltable plastic legs.
And now I am left wondering, why on earth do my children not have a wagon? So I know what I must do, I must get my kids a wagon and so must you. It doesn’t have to be red, though that is rather iconic, doesn’t have to be metal, thought how else will they learn about hot and cold? You don’t have to let them ride it down a hill using the handle to steer, though how will they learn about inertia and gravity? We’re talking about practical application here! It can be designer, if you feel the need to go pricey. It can be a discard from someone else, a curbside pick up if that’s the only way you can get one. Your kids won’t care. They won’t remember that you did or didn’t pay a lot of money for it. What they will remember is mudpies, rides down hills and blankets with dollies.
Ok, so in addition to my plant and gardening obsession, I have acquired a seed trading obsession. I discovered the website Gardenweb.com. The people there are active, friendly, helpful and interested. I have only been on the site for a little over a month and have already been ‘adopted’ by a very generous seed contributor and have several trades in progress with hopefully more to come. It’s amazing and lovely and quite possibly my new favorite website!
Lilly’s words at not having anyone to play with, “I guess I can play ball with myself, but myself always loses.”
The wisdom of a 5 year old!
So my Earth Day bulb planting experiment was a fail. But that’s ok. I assumed nothing would happen so no biggie!
From The Brain Of Brandy 