Beans

This year in Ali's class the kids all planted their own "bean stalk".  Ali would talk about it from time to time and would occassionally bring me outside to look at it growing.  The end of the year came and the plant was still small and it was sent home with us.  I eventually got it transplanted into a bigger pot and have been very good about watering it.  I didn't want the flood of tears that would have gone along with a dead plant.  Ali would check on her plant and ask, "will it grow all the way to the sky?".  To which I delicately answered since I didn't want to burst her excitement for a beanstalk like Jack and the Bean Stalk.  All my watering and tending of this "bean stalk" has paid off this week.  The kids came inside all excited to tell me there were two beans on the plant.  I assumed they were small since I hadn't noticed anything but they were, in fact, two full size beans.  I have not picked beans since I was a little girl so I wasn't sure when to pick them.  I told Ali she would have to call Grammie and ask her so we gave Grammie a call and with Ali's very limited phone ability the girls learned they could pick the beans and eat them.  I think that was the beginning of green beans entering our household meals.  I cooked beans tonight and the kids loved them so my green bean ban must come to an end.  I even tried to get away with not eating any green beans but the kids noticed and asked me why I wasn't eating any.  I told them there wasn't many and I wanted them to be able to enjoy them since I've had them plenty before.  They weren't exactly happy with that so I did take two beans and eat them.  Luckily this satisfied the girls and they ate up the rest of the beans.  I will admit I don't hate green beans with the passion I did as a child which I guess is a good thing as I will be making them more often.