We found Gold, Momma!

Spring cleaning in the garden before Brian mowed the lawn, and all of the children decided to help me. What fun, digging in the dirt! The hastas were the best because of the exciting budding leaves that waited for their reveal just under all of the dead leaves. But after awhile, even the hastas weren't that interesting for the children.

It looked like rain though this Saturday afternoon, and I really wanted to finish the backyard cleanup. So, the children ran to play in the front yard as I finished the last couple minutes of work. I heard their excitement after just a couple of minutes, and then Logan rounded the corner of the house. "Momma, Momma! We found gold Momma!!" "Wow buddy, okay I'll be there in a sec. How exciting."

Not really thinking what it could be, I finished stuffing the last of the dead leaves in the yard waste bag, grabbed the bag and my shears and headed to the front of the house.

With shovels in each of their hands and a wheelbarrow with the first shovel fulls of the grandest treasure, the children's faces were simply in awe of their find.

Alas, I had to break their excitement. "I'm sorry guys. This is actually sand...and it belongs under those flagstones that you moved. Let's put it back okay?"

I wasn't mad --- how could I be? To the children it was treasure. Right under our front landscaping all this time, and we hadn't even known it!

We all worked together to put the sand back and the big rocks and soon they were racing on their bikes and coloring our sidewalks with beautiful butterflies and flowers.

They are truly our treasures!