Seamus has little green fingers

... and Greta has spring fever! Yesterday was warm and spring-like, and while I took Seamus out grocery shopping, she took a machete to our overgrown back yard and started clearing it out in preparation for spring planting. She has big plans for a vegetable garden, flowing vines to cover the chainlink fence, and a pumpkin patch for Seamus to work on.

Today has been damp and cold -- perfect English gardening weather. When I got home from work, I bundled Seamus up and the three of us went out back. While Greta attacked the remaining undergrowth with remarkable vigor, Seamus ran around with a trowel, yelling, "I wan' dig! I wan' dig!"

I predict many more happy (warmer) gardening days for Seamus and his mom!

Nickelodeon's "Noggin" channel has little segments showing little English children learning how to garden -- the segments end with the kids saying, "Oi've got li'l green fingahs, 'ave you?" It makes me think that the one and only thing that would make Seamus cuter would be an English accent. If I could figure out how to instill one in him, I would.