Our 10.5 Foot Sunflower!

For Mother's Day this year, Hallie's kindergarten class brought home a teeny tiny little sunflower plant for their Mom's. It was about an inch and a half tall when she brought it home. So she insisted on planting it in the ground and faithfully watered that thing EVERY SINGLE DAY, rain or shine and we watched it grow... and grow... and grow!

We planted it right outside our dining room window so we could see it every day while we ate, but it grew right past the window onto the second story! It finally blossomed last week and we measured it thinking it was the tallest sunflower in Ohio. Measuring at 10.5 feet tall, it's the second tallest sunflower in Ohio (at least from others that were recorded online) and we have to go to the upstairs bathroom window to see the flower since it's so tall. Hallie was so mad when it finally blossomed because it was so tall that we couldn't see it from the kitchen table like we had planned. Cam and I started laughing and said, "That's so cool that it's that tall!!" She just cried and said, "I just watered it too much!!" This is the best gift anyone has ever given me:)