DH had his last exam for the semester last night, so today he had the day off and it was project day, so we can relax the rest of the weekend. I finally got everything to plant my little container garden on my porch, so I was working on it this evening. He was busy painting some shelves we're putting in, and we decided it was safer to have DD (20 months old) help me with the dirt. She took a moment of convincing before she'd put her hand into the big bag of dark stuff, but after watching me, she tentatively grabbed a little handful, dropped it into the pot, and then looked up at me with one of those huge grins of pure delight. She "helped" until it was time to actually plant the plants (I moved the dirt from the giant bag into the pots by handfuls, since the bag is too heavy for me to lift at the moment, so it took plenty of time to keep her entertained for a while). Then I put her to work with her own neon orange trowel in a spare container while I planted. The hardest part was, of course, cleaning her up and cleaning off the porch after. It's a good thing I had extra potting mix! I probably could have planted straight on the porch in a couple places. It was lots of fun and I only wish our camera wasn't broken so we could have gotten pictures!