Filipino Farmers

Mike happened to take this picture in the bean field next to our house and today Eli brought home a project on soybeans.

We always say "bean field, beans" when we are talking about soybeans. Eli was quite proud to inform us that they are called SOY BEANS! not beans. Once again we are reminded of our lazy speech patterns - we will try to improve. For those reading that are bringing home older adoptees think about practicing not using any slang or contractions in your speech. It's hard but is really confusing to English language learners.

Back to soybeans....since the corn and soybeans were up to our knees we've been trying to tell the boys not to go into the field because they could get lost in there. They didn't believe us until they went 4 rows into the field and couldn't see the house any more.

Lucas thought he could just follow a row of beans and find his way out, so we had to explain that the rows rap around the hill in this field and he would not come to the end. That left him thinking and Mike taking their pictures.