Renee's Plant Babies

While helping her Momma in the potting shed, Renee found an old packet of seeds with the name all smudged out. She asked what the seeds could be, but her Momma didn't know, she said there was only one way to find out...

"Well we're going to have to be patient little one, it may take some time before we know what these little babies are going to grow up to be!"

So Renee waited...

...and waited. She even took them to bed with her so they wouldn't be cold and lonely out in the potting shed.

"Night night, little babies. Sleep tight, don't let the bed bugs, or any bugs for that matter, bite!"

Eventually the little plant babies started to grow too big for their pot!

"I think it's time we planted them out in the big bed, in the garden!"
"Thats a shame, I quite liked them in my bed, with me."

The whole family came to help plant the plant babies in their new home. 

"Be careful boys, they're very delicate!"
"No worries, Renee. We'll be careful with them!"

Renee didn't want the plant babies to spend their first night alone in the garden. So her Poppa helped her pitch a tent up, so she could spend the night in the garden to be close to them, just in case they needed her.

"I'm just here little ones!"

Determined to make sure they all grew strong and healthy, Renee did everything to help them grow. She fed them the best plant food, watered them with refreshing water and everyday she sang to them.

"Lalalalaaaaaaaa la la la aaaa laaaaaaa"

The boys saw Renee singing away and thought if they could make a louder sound, maybe they would grow even bigger!

"Oh boys, yes, this is a wonderful idea!"

Then Mr and Mrs B heard all the noise coming from the garden. So they grabbed their favourite instruments and headed to the veggie patch to help!

"What is it we're playing?"
"I've no idea Mr B, I think it's Jazz, play whatever you feel!"

Their friends heard all the music coming from the Beavers house, and being the best friends anyone could wish for, grabbed their own instruments and joined them in the back garden, by the veggie patch to help make a bigger sound!

"Wow this is some sound!"
"You don't say! This is the first time I've played violin, Mr Walnut!"
"First time I've played the drums too, Mr B!"

The next morning while Mr B brewed his morning coffee, and read his morning paper, he heard the sound of excited screaming coming from the garden! The plants had miraculously grown over night! The music therapy had worked a treat!

"CARROTS! THE PLANT BABIES ARE CARROTS!"

Renee carefully harvested the whole crop of carrots. Mrs B told her to make sure they were fully scrubbed ready for cooking into some delicious dishes. So she gave them a bath.

"splash splash carrots taking a bath, scrubbing dirt all on Saturday night, yeah! A rub a dub, just relaxing in the tub, thinking you're gonna taste alright!"

Mr B had quite the surprise as he was taking a bath that evening.

"This is the strangest Loofah I've ever seen! It smells organic."

After he was all cleaned using the new bathroom loofah, he headed down to see what was for dinner. Mrs B and Renee were cooking tonight and it smelled d-e-licious!

"What smells so good!"
"We made carrot pizza, carrot casserole, carrot burgers and carrot cake!"
"Well I'd better try that cake, just to make sure the carrots are ok!"

Mr B scoffed down the first slice of Carrot cake. Renee waited in anticipation. Did the carrots taste ok? Where they edible? Was all her hard work for nothing???

"Well??"
"hmmm, I'm not sure, I'd better have another slice, just to be  on the safe side!"
"Poppa, why do you smell like a carrot?"