Yesterday I decided to take my kids to the park for a play date with some other ladies in my ward. They had tons of fun. They discovered an area that was infested with snails. They found snail, after snail, after snail. At one point, Austin had ten in his hand that he wanted to bring home. Cameron had 5 or 6 and Ben had 1. I think between all the kids there, they had over 30 snails on the table. I tried talking my kids into returning the snails to their home where they would be more happy multiplying and replenishing the earth but they wouldn't go for it. So, I told Austin and Cameron they could take home 2 and Ben could bring his 1 home but they were not allowed to take them in the back by our garden. So...fast forward to early evening....as I'm finishing up with dishes, I look out my window and I see my boys creating this thing.....They say it is a snail playground. What I would give for their imaginations...
And....here are some of the other pics at the park.....(I promise...I made my kids wash their hands with SOAP and WATER!!)
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Austin has always had a fascination with certain bugs. He believes grasshoppers are his friends, he likes snails, etc. Well, he went working with his grandpa today and found an injured butterfly. He immediately rescued it and has given it a name. He lets it crawl all over him and whispers to it. Here are a few pics of his new buddy.
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| You can't tell because of the size of the picture and it's shaded but the butterfly is on his face as he is reading his book. |
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| Pretty butterfly |
Last but not least, the other night Cameron comes running into the house and says, "Quick mom, come look." I was busy at the time so I told him to take my phone and go take a picture of what he wanted to show me. (I did not ask him what he wanted me so badly for) After he came back with this FANTASTIC picture, I was ashamed that I didn't take the time to really go see what he wanted to show me. Definitely a reminder to me to really LISTEN to my children and that NOTHING is more important than time with them...not even laundry! So, here's the picture that Cameron took, all by himself and his mommy thinks it's BEAUTIFUL!! Thanks Cam for "catching" a rainbow for mommy. It really made my day.
2 comments:
Your boys are so sweet, mine would have been hunting down salt so they could watch them bubble and die. It's nice to know that there are other people out there that is willing to balance out our extermination views and your replenish the earth views. I think that is so cute that you told them to put them back so they could multiply and replenish the earth.
I got a good laugh out of the pet snails. And it's not just boys that do such things... I had pet snails that I kept in my garage growing up in a pencil box. Yeah, it was an odd phase of mine... I think I was about 8. I love seeing and hearing what you all are up to. :)
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