Who says worms are for boys?

That picture says it all!

My worms finally came in the mail today! I was so happy! Here's what happened...

I split the worms into two bowl and watered them lightly. Dad was as excited as I was so I waited for him to come over too with my nephew Dillon:




Stella was not so sure about them at first. She just squealed and poked fingers at them. Then she gave me this face:


But she came around:




Then it was time to pour my share of the worms into my bin. I let Piper do the honors:




She says she can hear them building their house inside the bin:


They could barely wait for my Dad to get here. Stella wanted to dump his share into his bin:




But I held them off and Dillon got to do the honors:




Vermicomposting is going to be so much fun! The kids loved this project. They helped me set up the bin, shred newspapers and water the bedding. They were as excited as I was when the worms came in and then we had a short lesson on WHAT to put into the compost bin for the worms to eat. We also discussed the garbage impact on the earth and why recycling is so important. They both know that waste is probably my biggest anger button. Just leave a faucet running in my house and watch me explode. So they paid attention. They also wanted to each eat an apple so they could recycle their apple core!

Try it! You'll love it too!