The kids and I were outside one day and kept hearing this little chirp from under the apple tree. When I went over to see what it was, this little guy was what I found. I guess it was about time to leave the nest.
Our yard is alot bigger than most people think and a chunk of it is unfortunately un-maintained at the moment and is a little overgrown. The kids however found it absolutely fascinating since there seemed to be hundreds of fuzzy black caterpillars out there this summer. Everyday for weeks they would go "caterpillar hunting" out it the weeds. The wagon became the bug taxi and they got carted all over the yard. By now they are all busy preparing to be big beautiful butterflies in the spring time!
How fast time flies! Before we knew it it was the first day of school again. Brandon is a bigtime 1st grader and Tyler started pre-school too. Brandon is doing great and loves first grade. Tyler only goes 2 days a week but she thinks it is so cool because she has her own teacher and friends.....just like Bubba!
With summer being such a busy time, sometimes some of us just get pooped out and can't quite make it to bed. :)
But other times, we have so much energy we just can't bear to close our eyes for one second! I had a lot of work to do out in the yard and laid Tyler down for an afternoon nap. I got the feeling someone was watching me and when I turned to check things out I saw this little body standing in the window sill. Needless to say I could'nt say no to a face like that, and there was no nap that day. Instead I had a little assistant gardener.
When school starts we all know that means football season is not far behind. Both the kids get so excited to go to the Friday night games. Usually we just go to the home games, but this time we decided to go to St Johns for the game. We had just pulled into town when everyone started saying they moved the game. Confused, we went to the field and sure enough, everyone was getting ready to pack up and head out. They moved the game to the only other available field that happened to be just over an hour away. So, we got to be part of the seemingly endless caravan of cars heading out to the new location. The picture didnt really capture the giant line of cars but it did show off the pretty sunset we got to see on the way there!
Once fall starts arriving, there are so many beautiful places to go and see around our home. We love to go out to the mountains and explore and we once found a little place where wild raspberries grew. Last year was a bad year for them but this year we got lucky and found a bunch of berries. Mike was a little hesitant to taste test but the kids thought it was the greatest thing ever, getting to play around outside AND find food all at the same time!
Are there any more raspberries?
More pictures to come soon..................
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