New Traditions...

Rachael had told me about these "magic beans" that grow amazing and wonderful things.  I thought this would make a great Easter Eve activity, so I searched high and low to find somewhere to buy these elusive "magic beans."  It wasn't until Steve and I were out getting a few last minute Easter items that we stumbled upon a merchant who happened to be selling them!  There were four in a bag and for only $5.00!!!  I was elated! 

We got home and told the kids that we bought some magic beans and if we planted them the night before Easter something will grow by the next morning!  So they got out their pots, filled them with soil and planted the little beans. 

They were all very excited and had a ton of fun contemplating what could possibly grow overnight.  The general consensus was a special kind of Easter flower.   What actually grew was.................shocking................

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It was priceless having the kids come running into our room the next morning shouting, "lollipops grew....lollipops grew!!!"  

Easton and Graycie's wheels were sure spinning.  They did a little investigating and found the seed was still in the pot!  Easton said to me, "Mom, did you put those lollipops there? The bean was still in there and it's weird that there were no roots."  After a long pause on my part he continues, "Well maybe it magically opened up and then the lollipop came out and then it closed back up again."  The conversation was left at that.  This kid loves to believe...and I love that he loves to believe.  Graycie just said, "It's kinda weird that the bean is still there." and that was that. 

Regardless of if those magic beans were in fact magical or not didn't matter at all.  Every one of the kids asked if we could do this again next year.  This marks a ginormous success in my book, and so...a new tradition is born.