Many of you probably remember Oprah’s announcement a few months ago that KFC was offering free grilled chicken meals. We finally got our coupons last week, so Saturday, after Shane finished working, we picked up two KFC grilled chicken meals and went to the park. After eating, the boys had fun playing on the playground, and Davis especially loved the big metal slide.
A friend of mine told me about a Bug Fest going on at the nature center near our house this weekend, so while Shane was working Saturday trying to finish up his big project that’s due Tuesday, I took the boys to check out the bugs. If any of you know Landon at all, you will know that this was a big hit with him. He has always been interested in bugs, and it is not uncommon for us to have a bug or two in some jar or container in our house. Here is what the bug day was like:
When we first got there, Landon looked at several different dragonflies through the magnifying glass. They also had containers with several “backyard” bugs that he liked looking at.
They had some big bugs on display from the zoo, including this African beetle and silk worm. I had to pull Landon away from the silk worms – I think he would have stayed there all day petting it if he could have!
They also had a few crafts. We made a popsicle stick dragonfly and some bug eyes. Davis made some too but refused to wear them for the picture, of course. He just wanted to look at all the bugs.
They had a cricket theater where they read bug stories, and then kids could come up and read a bug joke to the audience. Landon wanted to go up and read one, and he did a great job, bug eyes and all! We also went to an area where they had pond water in an aquarium, and you could look through a magnifying glass at all the bugs living in it.
They also had a few bug games, including this big rope spider web you could play on, and these leaves you could toss a frisbee-like bug at to try to land on the leaf. I think the spider web was Davis’s favorite part. He kept sneaking back over there when I had my back turned!
Finally, they had nets so you could go and catch a bug. This was definitely Landon’s favorite part. It didn’t take us long to find something, and we brought it home in a little jar. Just what we need – another bug in a jar lying around our house! :)
Landon found these googly eyes the other day and was having all sorts of fun with them. Of course Davis had to have some fun with them too! Then Davis decided to put one up to his eye, and then Landon had to try that one.
Here’s a couple of the boys enjoying a fun time playing in the water table.
And finally, some pictures of Landon’s latest art work. The first is a picture he drew at church of a knock knock joke. Before I saw the picture, he told me it was of a knock, knock joke, and I wasn’t quite sure how you draw a picture of that, but I think he did a pretty good job. :) This is currently his favorite knock, knock joke.
-Knock Knock.
-Who’s there?
-Knock knock.
-Who’s there?
-Knock Knock.
-Who’s there?
-Knock knock.
-Why are there so many doors?
This second picture he was trying to draw of himself, but was getting
For our summer school day last week, we did a “Fun with Food” day at our house. We talked about the food guide pyramid and made mini pizzas that they decorated with smiley faces. Then, we had one big cookie for dessert!
The first weekend in August, we took our annual trip to the Oregon coast with the Morris family. It was, as always, a little crazy, but lots of fun. I’m a little late posting this, and I am never going to be able to sort through the over 700 pictures we have from the trip :) but here are a few favorites (okay, a lot, but not much compared to 700).
The tennis tournament – Dad and David were the champs this year. They even got some nice t-shirts!
Around the house before we left for the coast. It was Shane’s birthday, so we celebrated with a great dinner and some chocolate cream cheese pie – not quite as good as my mother-in-law’s, but I did okay.
The first night – as soon as we got to our campsite, Landon started asking when we were going to the beach. First, we had to have dinner though. Here are a few pictures of the grandkids (sans Bennett) in their camp chairs. I love the one of Kallie! She makes such silly faces! :)
Then we headed down to see the sunset:
The next day, we spent most of the day at the beach, building sand castles, flying kites, getting buries, playing in the water, and relaxing together.
Some pictures of us hanging around the campsite:
Kallie really liked Grandma’s scotcheroos:)
Davis was in heaven being outside 24-7. He liked this little porch next to Becky and Nate’s yurt. He would go and sit over there by himself and just watch everything. He also liked to dig in the dirt too.
All the grandkids after church:
We hiked to the sunset peak on our last night there (yes, of course I closed my eyes in the only group shot):
