Gardening Fail

I was trying to visit with my friend.  Her children were being delightfully quiet and out of the way. My children kept coming to pester me and ask me questions and would not let me have an actual adult conversation.  I thought I would be clever and give them something to do.

We had purchased some seed packets a few weeks ago. However, I hadn't figured out where to buy a sizable amount of potting soil, and we didn't have any planters yet.  No problem, I can put the kids to work and get them out of my hair for a bit, I thought.  So I told Delaney that this would be an excellent time for her to plant the seeds.  She was so excited!

I suggested she get some of the plastic cups (red solo cups) and use the tiny bag of soil we got at the dollar store, and she could plant the seeds in them.  I was delighted to be able to converse with my friend uninterrupted!  For a whole 3 minutes.  It then took me another 5 minutes to realize what had occurred without my supervision.

She had taken 4 plastic drinking cups.  She carefully filled them with dirt, and dumped the entire contents of each of the 4 seed packets into them.