Like watching grass grow

When we moved onto our caravan site, the caravan park owners had only recently removed a derelict structure from the same site so they could start using it again.  As a result, the site was barren of any greenery despite being neat and tidy.  Most of the sites around us have nice green grass around them whereas we have red dirt and gravel.  Rebecca has had plenty of grazed knees and I have had to regularly wash her food under the tap after it has hit the dirt.  Therefore, Steve and I decided to buy some grass seed and try to cultivate some Queensland greenery of our own.
We brought our grass selection home (carpet grass) and Steve spread it all over the site like chook food.  Then we watered it in and waited.  Unfortunately for our developing lawn, a rather large rainstorm came through a day later and washed most of the seed into little pockets on the site.  We left it and continued to wait.....and wait.....and wait.  Obviously because we are living in Queensland now, Steve expected the grass to pop up within several days due to the humidity and our regular watering.  But no.....a week later and still no grass.  Every morning Steve would go outside to inspect the dirt to see if it had developed a tinge of green overnight.  I wouldn't have been surprised to see him outside with a pair of vernier calipers (a device for measuring minute things) to keep track of his pending harvest.  I must say I have never seen him so enthusiastic about gardening in a long time.
He would come home from training and grab the hose and water the dirt with the hope that it would sprout.
Then, a couple of days ago, he started to see little shoots of green appear in those pockets where the majority of the seed had settled.  He was excited about that and then he went outside this morning.  There he was at 6.45 am calling me outside excitedly (that sounds like an unusual description for Steve) because most of the site was a tinge of green.  Where we thought we had lost seed, it must have been there all along.  Now all we have to do is keep it going.  It has taken 2 and a half weeks to start growing.  The unfortunate irony of this is that by the time this grass is ready to be cut and used, we will probably be moving on and not get an opportunity to enjoy it.  Such is life but then we will hopefully be moving onto greener pastures so to speak.