kindergardens - week 14

Kiddo and I were watching an episode of The Cat in the Hat on PBS Kids this week (about rainbows) over a bowl of rainbow-colored Froot Loops (yes, I am that mother.  There were dirty dishes in the sink, too). We've been finding rainbows everywhere this week, particularly in the garden, thanks to our KinderGARDEN homework assignment this week.

We came pretty close to finding the entire rainbow on one vegetable.

Red, orange, yellow, green, bl- ...I mean, purple.  Just missing one color!  Drat.

BUT...we carried it in a blue bucket.

With a few friends.

Salsa time is upon us.  And then some.  Anyone want to come over for a veggie feast?  Please?

We put Kiddo to work pulling onions and peppers.

He wrestled and heaved and pulled barely exerted himself for the onions.  They are all halfway out of the ground already.  A gentle tug and out they come!

They are huge again this year.  We can't seem to grow red or yellow onions, but we can grow Walla Wallas like nobody's business.

His interest waned pretty rapidly, but he did manage to get enough onions and peppers for a batch of salsa before calling it quits.  Mommy and Daddy were then enlisted to pick the tomatoes.

I managed to scorch my first batch of salsa a few days ago (fortunately salvageable, or there would have been much wailing and gnashing of teeth), but we will see if I can avoid such excitement with the next round later this week.

Here's a few more random pics from our rainbow hunt...

begonia(?)

(grape tomatoes)

(mexican sunflower)

(marigolds)

Sunflowers are such happy flowers...

(cantaloupe(?) flower)

(watermelon...drooling as I wait for this one)

(hydrangea)

(morning glory)

Kiddo's favorite colors we found?  Black and white.

(We continue to resist the urge to bring one home, but we have been visiting them almost daily)

Oh.  We found some bugs and creepy crawlies for Captain Pajamas, too.

 

(Finally!  A beneficial!)

Linking up to The Inadvertent Farmer, where you'll find lots more KinderGARDEN goodness!