i picked up the kids from school today. in the car on the way home, john told me how pumpkins grow. this is what he said:

first you take an orange seed. then you dig a hole. and cover up the seed. then you water it. and then you wait. then the plant grows. and then a vine (pronounced bind) grows. then a little pumpkin grows. no, no, first there is a flower. after the flowers a little pumpkin grows. and it’s green! then it grows bigger and bigger and then it turns orange. And then you can pick it and make pumpkin pie. or squish it and make pumpkin ice cream.