We planted pumpkin seeds this morning, and Elliot insisted on waiting for them to grow into pumpkins. We lay in the “furniture tent” and waited, listening to the crickets, bugs, birds, and other sounds. In pointed out the mourning dove call. But he did not know which bird sound I meant, so I played it on YouTube on my phone. Then we waited and listened. We heard them a few minutes later. We both remarked how beautiful the sound is.
We also buried another mouse today. We have not done that since last summer, i think. Elliot wanted to dig the hole but could not. When I took the shovel and started doing it, he said how strong I am. We said the mourners Kaddish and wished him well.
UPDATE: at the end of the day, Elliot asked to look at the pumpkin patch again to see if they are growing. We took a look. I told him it will be a few months. He said, “yeah maybe 5 months!!” But he has no concept of time yet. Anything in the past is “yesterday”, even if it was last summer. Anything in the future is “tomorrow”.
