watermelon seeds grow watermelon

this morning as emma was eating her watermelon (while i cooked the rest of breakfast) she told me "watermelon seeds grow watermelon. and pumpkin."

it started a little conversation where she named pretty much every plant in our back yard, and i told her that their seeds grow that same plant. after watermelon, pumpkin, zucchini, apples, marigolds, strawberries, tomatoes, spinach, and cilantro she started to get it.

then i told her that when she asked jesus to come live in her heart ("i prayed!") that he planted a seed that was just like him, so she could grow more like jesus.  we talked about what people who love jesus do: they tell others about him, so their friends can know jesus too.  i told her thats what aunt katie is doing in denmark.  she was pretty excited about that.

its fun helping her figure it all out, and make sense of things she already knew.