Lucky Clovers

We've been in our house for over a year and a half and we still have empty lots on both sides of us. Finally about a month ago they started digging and building on all 3 lots beside us. It's been so loud and dirty, but at least it's all going to get done at the same time. And it's also provided a lot of entertainment for the kids, especially Kepler, who has probably spent hours watching the trucks dig dirt.


This morning our kids were watching the digger as usual and they started getting really concerned about a patch of lucky clovers that was right at the edge of our yard. They did not want the lucky clovers to get dug up and ruined. They begged me to go out and "save" (aka pick) the lucky clovers and bring them inside, which I did not do since I was in still in my pj's. Then they begged me to let them go out and save the clovers, which I also didn't do since it's right beside the huge hole they're digging and there is a big orange fence blocking the way.

They got the idea to tell the builder to stop digging. They were waving and yelling "STOP, STOP DIGGING" at the window for a while, but the builder just kept smiling and waving back. So then they got the idea to make a sign to hang in the window so he could understand what they were trying to tell him. Jayna asked me how to spell stop, and then ran to kitchen reciting "s-t-o-p, s-p-o-t, s-o-t-p". This is what she ended up with:

I helped them tape it to the window and they continued waving, yelling and pointing to their sign for a while. Then a few minutes later they came running to me yelling "It worked, the sign worked! They stopped digging! The lucky clovers are saved!"

They were so happy and excited that they saved the lucky clovers, and they really thought it was all because of them.
So when we came back after being out for a few hours later that day they were pretty sad that the lucky clovers had been dug up after all. And I was pretty sad too since they also dug up a bunch of our grass with the clovers. Oh the joys of living in a construction zone.

I love watching my kid's imaginative play. I think a good imagination is one of the most important things for kid's. And for every hour of guilt I have about how much TV they watch, a little bit of that is erased whenever I see them being creative, curious, and playing together like this. :)