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Today the girls did a very interesting thing that they can certainly say they have never done before. They shelled speckled butter beans. My father-in-law is from the country and he took a trip this past weekend. He came back with a HUGE bag of what I thought were sugar snap peas or something related to them. He said that they were speckled butter beans and that they had to be removed from the pods in order to cook them. Usually he brings them from the Farmers Market all packed in pound sized bags already shelled and cleaned. Let's just say that 2 1/2 hours of manual labor yielded about 1 3/4 pounds of beans. I helped a little until my fingertips were sore. It is kinda fun and the girls enjoyed doing it. We explained to them that a lot of people in the country grow their own produce and have to do all the cleaning and sorting. I thought they would have moaned and groaned and asked why we can't just go to the store to buy some. They really had fun doing it. What they found to be really cool was that the shells that looked all brown and yucky gave you beans of the most gorgeous purple shades. It's great that my kids are content with doing such simple things with no complaints. I guess I could learn a thing or two from them huh?
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  1. That's really cool they get to do that. But that's too much work for me! LOL...

    BTW, SHeliza, I didnt post on your drawing because I'm not a coffee drinker. :D Gotta leave it to those who deserve it more. :D

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  2. Too much work for me too but luckily for you the girls enjoyed it. That was a lot of beans, too!

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  3. I bet they had so muh fun. I'm with you on picking and shelling peas, too much work.

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  4. We could all learn a thing or two from these little people, just can't let them know it..lol!

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  5. this country boy love some conutry girls - single ones that is

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