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Really no floral shops in the area where you could get one?
Try these folks:
Contact Information about Ls Acquisitions Inc
Address: 2407 E Hennepin Ave
Minneapolis, MN,
55413-2704
Phone: 612-331-4141
Fax: 612-331-5066
Sorry that happened. I know it will be very disappointing for her. If it does die and she finds out could you tell her that you will now have a bunch of seeds from it for next year to grow a lot of them? It may soften the blow?
I'd be glad to help. What do you want me to do to the neighbor kids?
No advice on saving that one but they do grow quickly from seed so you still may be able to get one going before winter.
I have one growing out in the cornfield that’s about 3 feet high that I could dig up and Fedex to you but I doubt it would live (I’m in VT).
Have you talked to the parents of the neighbor brat that cut it down, or to the brat himself? The little twit should be made to apologize to your daughter.
LQ
This is part of life. People who do nothing become jealous of those who do something.
Not too different from a person working hard and having the government come in and take the fruits of their hard labor for distribution to those who didn't want to work.
Not too different from a nation that develops and prospers but the people go liberal, gut national defense. Sure enough, some other nation will come along and take it.
Really sorry to hear about this.
2.5 years old is way to young to have to learn about other people being savages. WAY too young.
Yeah, unfortunately, since it's an annual, it's a gonner. Hoping you can find something else to replace it at this late date in the season.
God Bless.
It might help if the neighbor boys apologized to your little one and their parents took to the task of finding a replacement (but that’s just my 1950’s fantasy.)
Nothing will replace the real thing.
But maybe as a distraction....
http://www.ehow.com/how_16357_make-paper-sunflowers.html
http://crafts.kaboose.com/paper-plate-sunflower.html
You get the idea.
Maybe your daughter can enjoy making new sunflowers.
then tell the parents you are willing to go to civil court unless the boys give your daughter a sincere apology and help her plant new seeds and tend the new flowers.
Yeah, that is a tough lesson for a child. Tell her to always vote for the conservative candidate. Other than that, I can offer no advice.
I suggest that you separate your feelings and any external reaction you have to the dastardly deed from how you present it to your 2 1/2 year old.
No reason for her to be made to feel like a victim in this. You could laugh it off and say look, just when the flowers were ready to pick the neighborhood boys helped out.
And, truth be told, you will probably feel better too if you can remove the emotion from it and quietly, dispassionately, genuinely for your neighbor’s own interest either let them know what the kids did and however you’ve explained it to your daughter. If you felt like it, you can ask how we can go about making sure it doesn’t happen again.
Who knows, maybe if it presented in the right tone your neighbors would even apologize and make good by bringing her some new flowering plants. Or, if you didn’t feel like having that conversation, maybe you could remember that you’ve probably done something callous and unkind in the past as well too, and bless the boys for helping you to learn that you have a new level of power in protecting your daughter from the upsets of the world.
I suppose you can’t plant the kids instead.
you have mail........
They are pretty sturdy plants, so there may be hope. If it's too late this year - hang on to the seeds for next year.
Maybe WalMart garden shop may have one in bloom. Call your local agriculture extension center or a 4H club member to see if they might know where you could find one.
If the seeds take - she will have a whole bed of beautiful sunflowers.
Hope you discussed this with the little hoodlums' parents.
The mother must have took me very seriously because the boy was at the door late that evening with a greatly improved version of what he had destroyed that afternoon. We actually became friends with the family as a result of their willingness to go far beyond remedying the injury.
I don't think the boy did it out of the goodness of his heart, at least initially, as he tried to excuse himself during the initial confrontation by saying my daughter had provoked it. His mother would have none of that talk. If the parents are anywhere near as good as she was, you could be in for a pleasant surprise.
It is kind of you to want to shield your child from hurt.
But this may be a perfect opportunity to teach her how to deal with evil.
I don’t mean to be overly dramatic, but for her, this is an evil act.
Stand with her, explain what happened, explain what sin is and why we must avoid it. Tell her to remember how it makes other people feel when their possessions are destroyed.
The lesson may stay with her for life.
Ping.