Where oh where did the summer go......?

I don't want summer to end.  I just don't.  I know, I know, beautiful fall days blah, blah, blah.  Soon gone will be the trips to the swimming pool, water balloon fights, slip and slides, popsicles and ice cream for no reason other than it's hot, bbq's, 8pm walks when it is still light outside, morning coffee on the patio...




School starts next week.  I want school to start, but I don't want summer to end.  Makes no sense right?  Well, that's just me.

Here are a couple of pictures from the summer that I hadn't posted.  Our favorite park and our favorite zoo.

Amazing Metamorphosis

The boys received a "Butterfly Bungalow" from Uncle Erik and Aunt Kira for Christmas last year.   The UPS man arrived one summer day with a box labeled 'live insects' - yipppeee!  Upon opening the box we discovered 2 containers full with 5 caterpillars each.  We watched and watched for days and found that the caterpillars soon turned into chrysalis.   We then placed the chrysalis in the butterfly bungalow and waited for the final stage...monarch butterflies! We kept our butterflies in the house to keep them safe and fed them sugar water covered flowers.  

Jackson became fast friends with the butterflies.....NOT!!!!!

Soon it was time to release the butterflies into their natural habitat.  (This made Jackson happy - no more insects flying around within her house).  What fun to watch nature do its 'thing'.   The boys climbed into the bungalow to hang out before the 'release'.

 If you see a monarch in your backyard be kind....it could be dopey, or merrick, or chester......they all had names of course!

Dream Foursome at Castle Pines

I've always said that my 'Dream Foursome' would be with Erik and the boys.  We've taken them out to the driving range and to golf plenty of times, but they have never made it through an entire 18 holes.  Today, they did it!!! My dream come true.  We all had a wonderful time.  I can't wait to do it again, and again, and again, and again.....

Separate? I don't think so.

I am often asked if I am going to move the boys into their own rooms....this is how I found them last night when I went in for a last kiss goodnight.  I think this answers the question.  At least for a while....

Note: they do have their own beds. AND an extra room.

5!!!!! Super Hero Party

Do they look older?  Well, they are! Five...FIVE.YEARS.OLD.PEOPLE!  I know everyone says it "it goes so fast".  But, well, IT GOES SO FAST!  How do I have 5 year old little boys?  Don't worry though, if I somehow forget they are 5 they will remind me.  "Mom, we are 5 now so we can do this and that".  Oh, and my favorite is: "Mom, remember when we were 4?"  Yep, I remember last week. Just like it was last week.  




They had a superhero birthday party.  They had a LOT of fun and want to do it again...like, tomorrow.