Jr Horticulturists

During the last week as we've driven around town, the girls have been asking the names of various flowering plants. They are now able to recognize, forsythia bushes, bradford pear trees, magnolia trees, dafodils, and dandylions. Forsythia is by far their favorite, probably because it' is so abundant in our neighborhood. Everywhere we go, from the back of the minivan we hear a choirous of "FORSYTHIA" every time they see the bright yellow bush.

Another funny story about my little horticulturists. At first Emily though all the bradford pear trees - the trees with the beautiful white flowers - were apricot trees. Emily called a good friend of mine who lives in our neighborhood and has fruit trees to see if she had an appricot tree for us to go and see. Unfortunately Kathy didn't. Next we need to call Great Grandfather in Logandale - who has apricot trees - to see if he can take a picture of an appricot tree in bloom for Emily and mail it to her.

And to think this all got started with a Primary song... Popcorn Popping on the Apricot Tree.