Over the last few weeks Elinor (now almost 2y 1m) has been 'helping' me
plant various seeds.

All in the garden today (nanny and granddad visiting) doing various
things.

Elinor disappears into the shed, Nanny goes in to find that she has
climbed up onto the stool by the bench, found some peas in a packet and
is happily planting them into modules all by herself :-)
--
Chris French and Helen Johnson, Leeds
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Over the last few weeks Elinor (now almost 2y 1m)

Good God. Is it over two years since the big event. Where have those
years gone!!!!!!!

Elinor disappears into the shed, Nanny goes in to find that she has
climbed up onto the stool by the bench, found some peas in a packet and
is happily planting them into modules all by herself :-)

Oh lucky you.
Mine never showed the slightest interest in anything even remotely
horticultural - apart from play in the garden and, in later years, lie
half naked in the sun !!!!!!
--
Jane Ransom in Lancaster.
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"Chris French and Helen Johnson" wrote in
message ...
Over the last few weeks Elinor (now almost 2y 1m) has been 'helping' me
plant various seeds.

All in the garden today (nanny and granddad visiting) doing various
things.

Elinor disappears into the shed, Nanny goes in to find that she has
climbed up onto the stool by the bench, found some peas in a packet and
is happily planting them into modules all by herself :-)

I'm impressed. When mine was two she took to regularly stuffing peas up her
nose. :-) Now she's 3, despite my best efforts, most of what's in the garden
is just something to be poked with a stick or chopped with the secateurs.
:-(

Martin

In article , Jane Ransom
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In article , Chris French and Helen
Johnson writes
Over the last few weeks Elinor (now almost 2y 1m)

Good God. Is it over two years since the big event. Where have those
years gone!!!!!!!

Scareeeee.

Elinor disappears into the shed, Nanny goes in to find that she has
climbed up onto the stool by the bench, found some peas in a packet and
is happily planting them into modules all by herself :-)

It only seems like yesterday that Helen was pregnant.

Oh lucky you.
Mine never showed the slightest interest in anything even remotely
horticultural - apart from play in the garden and, in later years, lie
half naked in the sun !!!!!!

Huh, mine still lay half naked in the sun.

--
Judith Lea

Well done, I hope there is no poisonous 'stuff' to hand

--
You don't win
chess by knocking the board over.... you just end up not playing the
next game.

Chris French and Helen Johnson wrote:
: Over the last few weeks Elinor (now almost 2y 1m) has been 'helping'
: me plant various seeds.
:
: All in the garden today (nanny and granddad visiting) doing various
: things.
:
: Elinor disappears into the shed, Nanny goes in to find that she has
: climbed up onto the stool by the bench, found some peas in a packet
: and is happily planting them into modules all by herself :-)

"Chris French and Helen Johnson" wrote in
message ...
Over the last few weeks Elinor (now almost 2y 1m) has been 'helping' me
plant various seeds.

All in the garden today (nanny and granddad visiting) doing various
things.

Elinor disappears into the shed, Nanny goes in to find that she has
climbed up onto the stool by the bench, found some peas in a packet and
is happily planting them into modules all by herself :-)

Hope they grow for her ;-))))

Rod

In message , Judith Lea
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In article , Jane Ransom
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In article , Chris French and Helen
Johnson writes
Over the last few weeks Elinor (now almost 2y 1m)

Good God. Is it over two years since the big event. Where have those
years gone!!!!!!!

Scareeeee.

Indeed it is. We're both glad that we haven't been working full item so
that we could enjoy it all as much as possible

Oh lucky you.
Mine never showed the slightest interest in anything even remotely
horticultural - apart from play in the garden and, in later years, lie
half naked in the sun !!!!!!

Huh, mine still lay half naked in the sun.


She isn't at the lying in the sun stage yet, would enjoy running around
in it naked though given half a chance :-)

She is very much in a stage of enjoying joining in anything we do at the
moment, washing up, emptying the dishwasher, joining in with DIY, all up
for grabs, making the best of it while we can.....

Though she has her own take on things:

http://www.familyfrench.co.uk/elinor...r03/210303.htm
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Chris French and Helen Johnson, Leeds
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writes
"Chris French and Helen Johnson" wrote in
message ...
Elinor disappears into the shed, Nanny goes in to find that she has
climbed up onto the stool by the bench, found some peas in a packet and
is happily planting them into modules all by herself :-)

I'm impressed. When mine was two she took to regularly stuffing peas up her
nose. :-) Now she's 3, despite my best efforts, most of what's in the garden
is just something to be poked with a stick or chopped with the secateurs.
:-(


It's not all positive.

Elinor likes to show her appreciation of all the emerging flowers and
bulbs by pulling off the flower heads......
--
Chris French and Helen Johnson, Leeds
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In message , Rod
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"Chris French and Helen Johnson" wrote in
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Elinor disappears into the shed, Nanny goes in to find that she has
climbed up onto the stool by the bench, found some peas in a packet and
is happily planting them into modules all by herself :-)

Hope they grow for her ;-))))

They will probably grow better than the ones I planted.
--
Chris French and Helen Johnson, Leeds
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