Our Chia Pet

My youngest son has been begging for a Chia Pet for a long time. It's so cute because he calls it a 'Chita Pet'. I finally gave in and bought him one. He had to plant it himself. It was so messy, there was seed goo everywhere. He watered it every morning and came home from school and ran right in to check on it to see if it was growing. After about a week and a half he was starting to get a little discouraged because it wasn't sprouting yet. Finally, over the weekend it started growing! He's so happy and has been showing it off to every one that has come over. He even named it Spot. I'm afraid he's going to be sad when it dies.