What Did Brilyn Find?

Look!

What is it?

What has Brilyn found in the

Butterfly Garden?

Brilyn loves little bugs and birds

and butterflies.

She actually loves just about

all living creatures!

And - THIS is what she found!

A cute little caterpillar!



I is for Ice Cream!

Before the girls last visit

I made several sets up tea party

snacks and put them in rubber maid

containers to have on hand.

We never got to these, but I thought

they were so cute I had to share.

I think they would be great little

snacks for preschool or kindergarten

when the children are learning

the Letter I.

To make the, you just make cake

balls. Then dip miniature ice cream

cones into candy melts and

stick a ball on each one.

Put it in the freezer to set.

Then dip the cake pop into the

candy melts to frost the cake.

Add sprinkles and

whatever toppings you'd like.

I added a little melted chocolate

and an M&M.



Tea for Three

 Grace wanted a candle lit

tea party, so I pulled out a couple

of candles.

(Now, I'm thinking I need new candles sticks)

 The girls put on their dresses and hats

and had their tea.

I don't think little girls ever

get tired of tea parties!

I wonder how much Asher

is going to enjoy

hanging out with these three?

Olivia at Gymnastics

 Olivia goes to gymnastics, too!

And - I am allowed in her

classroom. I can also use

flash photography!

But - for the most part I still

shot from a distance

because I didn't want to distract her.

 She's a climber!

Quite the little monkey!

 She crawls across these things on

her hands and feet.

And she glides around the room

on this.

Her teacher says she's the

best listener in the class.

She follows instructions.

And she has fun!

 



Grace at Gymnastics

 Grace is doing well

at gymnastics!

 She enjoys it so much!

 And she looks so cute out there!

 Adults are not allowed in the

gym, and no flash photography

is allowed, so I can't get

very good pictures.

I have to shoot through a window

from a distance.

But - you get the idea!

She's an adorable little gymnast,

don't you think?

When It's TOO HOT To Go To The Park

 When the weather gets into the triple

digits, it's really kind of hard to

enjoy the park.

It's HOT! The play surfaces are HOT!

And little girls don't like their

sensitive skin to touch the slides.

 Thankfully, our local mall has a

small playground that is just right

for days like that!

And after a play date

we can enjoy lunch!

Butterfly Visitors!

 We've had lots and lots of butterflies

this summer. Right now it seems

that we have a lot of 

swallowtails!

So - I thought I'd take a moment to

point out the difference between the

Spicebush Swallowtail above and

the Black Swallowtail, below.

These two are often confused and even

I have a hard time telling which is

which. But - look at the fore-wings!

The Spicebush Swallowtail

has one row of spots and the

Black Swallowtail has more!

There is a third variety that looks

a lot like these two.

The Tiger Swallowtail.

He looks like the Spicebush and has one

row of spots, but he will have

a red dot on each of his hind wings. 

Other visitors this week were:

 The Monarch!

 Another Spicebush Swallowtail!

 Giant Swallowtails!

 Another Giant Swallowtail!

 And another Black Swallowtail!

The girls and I love watching the butterflies 

and humming birds and learning 

what we can about them!