Mantis Moment

Cole thinks he is Jeff Corwin. He spends his days catching bugs of all kinds, his favorite being BEE'S! He played with this praying mantis all day, and was showing off just a bit by letting the little critter climb up on his shirt. While I was taking the picture the mantis went on the move, his face in the next picture says it all!

Apparently he needs a little more practice before Animal Planet will give him his own show! He was screaming and flipping out, and he was sure that the praying mantis was biting him. Hilarious!

Why is Brady pulling this face, and laughing uncontrollably?

This is why!

And then there was ONE!

I am writing this post from a place I have never been before. It is a place I have heard people talk about, but I was sure I would never live to see. This place is called "Home with only one baby ." No job, no noise, no mess. Well, there is some noise, and some mess, but it is small, and it has this cute little face. I dropped the boys off this morning, and Griff and I went for a run. Now we are going to take a long bath, and play blocks. This is a magical place. Thanks Matty for making it possible! We love you!

First Day Of School! Yes!

Seriously, I know I am biased, but these are good-lookin' boys! Especially when they are CLEAN! They were all so excited for the first day. They were even on time! I don't know who was more excited, them or me? I will miss them, but I will find something to do with my time. Ha Ha !

More First Day of School

I love Hyatt's face, it says " Mom, are you serious, I am too old for this!"

This is what he did immediately after we got to school. . . ditched us and ran to his group of buddies. I am so glad he has good friends, even if he does like them more than me.

First grade buddies

Look at this face. "Mom, you again with the stupid camera? Go home already!"

Last Saturday Night of Summer

We went up the canyon with our dear friends the Garcia's on Saturday night. The weather was perfect and the boys all had a blast. It felt so much like fall all of the sudden. The boys all played in the stream and got good and dirty. We love the Garcia's, they are always so much fun to hang out with!

Of course they had to catch something. This one didn't come home with us though. They funniest part of the night was when Hyatt came back from catching things in the stream, carrying a huge watermelon. He was so proud of himself , and he yelled out " Look what I found Mom!" We hurried and told him to go put it back, and explained it belonged to someone else, and they were just keeping it cold. Coleman was a little behind him and the people who they "stole" the watermelon from yelled to Cole to go and get that kid and tell him to bring back their watermelon. Hyatt was so embarrassed, but when He and Cole came back to us they were carrying big pieces of watermelon. I guess the people cut them off a piece and were really cool about it.

Ernie is Released Back Into The Wild. . . Sort of

We released Ernie back into the wild on the last day of summer. Wild-- well that may be a slight exaggeration. We took her back to the pond we got her from, where she will be fed by hundreds of small children every week and it won't matter that we domesticated her. (I have guilt, and I am trying to work through it, OK?) The boys were sad to see her go, but they were happy to see that she loved her new home. Lessons learned from this experience? 1. NEVER EVER EVER bring home a wild duck. 2. Duck poo is seriously gross. 3. Never tell the boys they can bring anything home if they can catch it, because Coleman will catch ANYTHING, by any means necessary. 4. I am clearly weakening in my old age. And number 5. We need a dog.

Good bye Ernie, we will miss you. (Let's be clear, the boys will miss you, I, on the other hand, will NOT miss you, and am so thrilled to have my patio back, I can hardly stand it!)

This is what they tried to bring home from the pond! Can you believe Matt even had the nerve to call me and ask me if I would mind if they brought it home! I just got rid of the duck, and now this? Needless to say, I told him no freakin' way! Boys!

This is what happens when you drive a duck clear across town without putting it in a box of some kind.