Carter and the Beanstalk

At school Carter made a beanstalk. He started from a tiny bean and wrapped it in a paper towel. He brought it home and was really disappointed because it was so tiny and some of the kid's were HUGE. Well, I took him outside and we grabbed some potting soil and planted those two beans. We watered it together and these beans would literally grow before my eyes. We would wake up in the morning and it had grown at least an inch. Anyway, Carter has loved having his beanstalk and was quite convinced that we would soon be able to climb up to the giant :) What a sweet boy!

This is after the first couple days-

Then, it just took off growing. You will notice after this picture there is only one bean. It was a sad tragedy that killed the other bean. We were playing football in the house... always a BAD idea.... and Carter missed the ball and it flew right into the cup. I thought we may lose them both, but this stalk was a real trooper and continued to grow for us! :)

This is after about the fourth day in the soil. It started to grow the leaves and Carter couldn't contain his excitement about it. We haven't had a lot of luck with growing ANYTHING so it was AWESOME to see this growing so well for us. Even the babies and Taylor loved to check on the progress of the beanstalk.

Well, at this point we felt that the beanstalk would do better outside. We both went out and picked the perfect spot for our little beanstalk. We got some more soil and planted it with love. It grew about another inch and last night was taken out by Super Typhoon Songda. We were very sad to see our little beanstalk, that had survived the football attack, laying on the ground all withered. :( Carter's words were, "That stupid typhoon ruined all my stuff." It also took out the trampoline. That was a sad moment for me. We have wanted to get one for the kids for two years and finally paid the $300 for it last month. Grr... first typhoon completely ruined it. Super bummer! Pictures soon to come. We are safe and that is what really matters. This storm was incredible. I have never seen anything like it. It took out so many full grown trees and snapped all the small trees we had in the yard. What a mess!!!