t. fest!

First things first. A game of water basketball.

We loved their crazy faces.

 We thought about swimming. But sat on shoulders instead.

We lounged.

We played trucks. 

And the cousins played cribbage.

We read.

We built sand hills.

And jumped in the water.

There was a poker tourny.

And this guy cleaned up.

We said "Cheeeese".

 And dressed up like princesses. :)

We rode old stationary motorcycles.

And played more cribbage.

We smiled.

And wore feather boas.

We danced.

We realllllly danced.

And twirled.

Then danced some more.

We watched a Talent show.

We jammed. 

We listened to AJ.

And 'Boil that Cabbage Down' by the brothers.

 Then jammed some more.

We danced and tickled armpits at the same time.

And danced to the YMCA. Twice. I'm not ashamed.

Photo 1 of 4.

Photo 2 of 4.

Photo 3 of 4.

Photo 4 of 4. Oh my. :)

We took a picture of the outhouse.

We found a "hopper".

And made him our friend.

And this guy, who found a home under our tent.

We took a 4 generation photo of some good lookin men, if I don't say so myself.

We made lifelong friends.

Then packed up our "house tent".

And fit everything into our little car. Tetris style I might add.

Then we drove the 6 hours back home.

And

took a couple more

pictures.

We were impressed with these kite boarders, from the car of course.

Last but not least, me, sort of. Its the only picture taken of me by me the whole trip. Sad huh?

Wordless Wednesday. Nashville Zoo. 5.22.10

Blink up

The fireflies are here! 

And my daughter is in heaven.  She adores bugs in general but the fireflies are a big deal to her. She loves when they "blink up" at her as she says.  When it comes to catching bugs she's on her own for the most part. But in the case of catching fireflies, you could just call me a momma genius -butterfly nets aren't just for butterflies anymore. ;)

Aren't they just neat little creatures?

 Bub liked them too. So much so that he took it upon himself to rip a hole in my make-shift paper towel lid to catch a better glimpse. And at that point we just thought it was time to let them go find their 'husbands and wives',  (Little Lady's words) that is in fact the reason they "blink up" you know, to attract their little bright-bummed firefly mate.

Funny thing is-
as much as Bub liked them he just can't manage actually picking one up and holding it.

He'd rather just point, and if hes really feeling brave, maybe a poke.
Hes not as brave as his sister is. Not just yet anyway. 

Now, Little Lady on the other hand, she'll hold 'em till the cows come home.
Not that we have cows or anything, but you get my drift. :)

 Call me crazy, but I think they are pretty darn cool too.
This one was begging me to take its picture.

We are really going to miss them when we move back to the Northwest,
and they way they "blink up" at us at dusk.