Dandelion Joy

I know that dandelions are weeds, but if I have a favorite weed, dandelions are the top pick. The kids have endless fun with them, if only because they are allowed to pick as many flowers as they want. Matthew brings me endless little-boy bouquets of dandelion flowers, which dot the house in short glasses filled with water.

A dozen roses has nothing on a handful of crumpled dandelions brought in by a four year old with tousled hair.


Dandelions are also the preferred flowers of fairies, so they must decorate our fairy houses. Fairy house building is a very serious business, which requires a solid afternoon of finding the right sticks, acorn caps, dandelions, and wood violets. Nolan prefers the log cabin style fairy house, because he can stick more flowers in the spaces. Matt prefers to build a tepee, "because they need a roof in case it rains."

It won't be long before the dandelions have all gone to seed and disappeared from the lawn for another year. In the meantime, we have some more fairy houses to build!