Growing popcorn!

A few days ago Abigail and I had a craving for popcorn.
So we decided to make a really big bowl of the stuff and watch a DVD in peace while Niave was asleep.
You'd think it was a simple thing - making popcorn! But not so!!
While we were waiting for it to pop, Abigail wanted to know "what will grow if you plant a "mielie" (corn) seed?" So we had a discussion about planting and growing and mielies (corn) and then of course we had to plant some!
So here she is with her tray of newly planted mielie seeds which are now basking on the windowsill in the not-so-spring sunshine (if only spring would arrive) and we are waiting for them to grow.
Then, I am told by the youngest entrepeneur, we can sell the mielies (corn on the cob) to the shop for R400,00!!
Well we got to have our popcorn until Niave woke up and the entire contents of the bowl landed on the floor! Fortunately we'd all had our fill by then.
Niave has never really caught onto the term "popcorn" so according to her we had "lots of acorns on the floor mommy"!