Ladybug, Ladybug Fly Away Home...

My sister Julie recently told the kids that she had a lot of visitors in her backyard...ladybugs! Kadence loves these little bugs and will spend hours trying to catch them. So after days of begging, Saturday afternoon we walked over to Auntie's, the kids with their bug kits in tow to see about catching some ladybugs. She was right, she had LOTS of them! The kids had no problem catching at least a dozen to put in their bug cage. A few would fly away and Cole had a blast chasing after them in an attempt to catch them. I told them we could keep the ladybugs overnight but would have to release them in a day or two so they could get back to their families! We had a fun afternoon/evening at Aunt Julie's. It was a beautiful spring day here. In addition to catching ladybugs the kids played with Julie's newest additions to the family, a golden retriever (Cinnamon) and my niece Dani's dog, a brussels griffon (Dahmer).
Charlie and Cole played football...kind of. Cole would get in his "down position" say "hut, hut" and run across the yard. Instead of trying to catch it though he enjoyed his dad trying to hit him with the football (no worries, it was a soft nerf football and Charlie aimed for his bottom!). Every time Charlie missed Cole would do a little "Neener, Neener, Neener" dance!


As day turned into night the kids broke out their flashlights and showed us their "scary faces".