Birthday party fun

We spent the afternoon at my son's close friend's house for his 8th birthday party.  The highlights of the day were the "donut contest" where the kids had to race to see who could finish eating the donuts hanging from a tree by fishing line the fastest and the "spit ball" game where the kids got to go crazy blowing these small balls out of these tubes at each other (and me).  They were hilarious.  They all ganged up on me at one point, and I got attacked!  Ah....all for the pictures. :)

Playing in the sandbox in jammies

My son loves the sandbox on our porch. He plays in it every day...and makes a total mess.  Today he insisted on going out there in his pj's and his home depot apron (don't ask) after his nap... Here he is playing with the broom (since I was sweeping off all the sand that he was depositing on the porch).  

Tissue crafts

When we went to the Butterfly Garden yesterday, I bought a tissue paper craft box for the boys.  They LOVED it!  They did all the crafts today!  They were enthralled: at least one and a half hours went by with almost total peace and quiet!  I need to get more of these tissue art crafts! ha ha!  I now have to find a place to hang and display them all.  They're really beautiful!

Key West Butterfly Garden

So my older son has pink eye....ugh!!! I had to keep him home from school for two days to give the eye drops (antibiotics) time to do their thing.  So, I decided to take the boys down to the Key West Butterfly Garden.  

We had so much fun!  The kids were so interested in learning all about the life cycle of a caterpillar and how it turns into a butterfly.  My older son is an expert...a bounty of knowledge on the topic, but my little one was such a sponge.  He kept running over to check out the chrysalises and shouting, "Oh my GOODNESS!".  Just melt me...

  
We also saw two turtles, and a bunch of gorgeous finches and hummingbirds.  What a great trip! I love spending the day with these little boys.  I wish I could stop time for awhile....

Floating in the tub

This is my silly goose floating on his back in the tub tonight.  He likes to yell "What?!" and pretend he can't hear me when his ears are under the water in the soap suds.  What a goofball. 

Our cutie at the dinner table

Tonight, after my younger son ate dinner, he just sat with his head in his hands staring at his Daddy finishing his meal.  I would have loved to have known what he was thinking as he watched his father with such curiosity.  So sweet.

Sunset behind the pines

Tonight the sun set an early earlier due to Daylight Savings Time.   I had the chance to catch the sun sinking below the pines just in time.  The sky was so red....just beautiful!!!