the long weekend away!

"i go to uncle jon and uncle (sorry!) jess's. nana, popa, aunty, quinn and my sister charlotte grace be there!"

this is one excited little boy!

bug hunt!
ok. keeping the trend of celebrating the boy's birthdays together, we did a mini party at j&j's place. nate is so into bugs and quinn not so much. quinn has fire ants in his grass, so he's a little uncomfy with the whole bug thing

so i planned a bug hunt to help quinn "get over" the bug hate and develop some love for those creatures...

so i got them these cool bug buckets with a magnifying glass in the lid and planted edible bugs and toys all over j&j's property. each spot had a clue to the next bug pile

i made up a story of "OH NO! we have a problem, there are bugs all over j&j's house and we MUST go find them and get them"

the first pile and clue was on the front steps

note quinn's smile of delight when he realized that these bugs were not actually real but the yummy kinds. haha
to the wood pile! more bugs! everywhere!

oh no! j&j's tent has bugs all over it. must save the tent!

uncle fun reading another clue

we had the boys work up a sweat running from place to place. ha!

nate saved the shed! look at all those bugs!

mommy helping quinn. i love this pic. he was telling her that "it's ok, they are not real bugs" so cute!

oh no! nana and poppa's van! get those bugs!

uncle jess reading the next card! love this shot of her. so vogue

the boys called her aunty gus or gus for the longest time, now it's uncle jess...she's a great sport about it

busted en route to the next bug location...nate was having a snack

those bugs were even in the fire pit!

yeah! they love bugs now!

it was such fun. love kids. love creating fun things for them to do!

Posted by mel at 12:53 PM