Sunflower Power

It's been a strange gardening year - cool, rainy. We had many "volunteers" (plants that come up that we did not plant). Mainly, sunflowers. They are huge, made John look like a short guy.

As an educational tool, John plucked the head of a big one for Genevieve to play with and learn about the seeds. The "head" of the sunflower is bigger than Gigi's (and John's for that matter). She has spent a great deal of time picking at it, making a huge mess (Don't worry, Mommy. I put my hat over it).

Today, she found a new use - Kings Island for bugs! Specifically, the little whip. The bugs had ride after ride.

She gave them quite a bit of variety -high, low, twirls, up-side down.