Sam + Dirt = True Love

The other day I discovered Sammy in our living room, happily munching on the dirt from my potted plant! He had made quite a mess of it, too!  The next day I caught him at it again.  Oh no!  And he was way too pleased with himself!

Well, once he found how fun it was to play in the dirt, he kept gravitating to the pot. Then he quickly discovered the other pot on the floor in the living room, and it was all I could do to keep him away from those two plants! In a matter of a few days I had caught him red-handed multiple times! 

Finally I moved all the pots to the far corner of the kitchen, which definitely helped, but he still would head over there for some fun (and a taste!) if he spotted them. 

Then Jed had an idea. A brilliant idea. He seran wrapped the pots. I was a little skeptical at first, but he was sure it would work. And it did!  Samuel is proud to say that he is going on two weeks being soil-free!

Now, he's moved on to plucking the leaves off of the plants...

I snapped some pictures of him today:

"Look, Mom! I got one!"

Being a true 'taste' connoisseur (as everything he comes across must first be investigated by putting it in his mouth), he is rating this leaf on a scale of one to ten...