Lots of dirt + lots of love = COUSINS!

More new pets!

A few rocks, some acrylic paint, and a few gooogly eyes...

one hour and two very happy little girls later...

we have several new, precious pets!

Polly Wolly had a Frog

Ready for something SuPeR DuPeR CoOl?

Cool beyond cool?

And cuter than cute?!

Those are two of the most incredibly TINY frogs ever!

And all their little brothers and sisters swimming around them!

We collected 20 something tadpoles out of a tiny pond

(aka rainwater collected in a tire rut)

and nurtured them to frogs.

Can you tell we were excited?!

I think I should be most excited and most proud of our tiniest pets yet.

You know, because I was the one who made sure they had fresh spring water every other day,

 made sure they enjoyed their feasts of boiled spinach,

and even removed all their yucky poop from the tank

 (a must incording to pollywogsworldoffrogs.com)

 with a nasal bulb!!

So yeah, I was pretty excited to see those tiny babies grow before my very eyes.

Here they are on Day 2:

Just kidding!

(Different day, different frog)

Love some summer

I would have sworn summer just got started...

now it's almost halfway over!

A little catch up...

The girls finished up the school year

with parties

and picnics

and popsicles.

Then we got started with all things summer...

staying in pajamas all morning,

running in the sprinkler,

staying up too late,

and

LOTS and LOTS of playing outside!

YEA SUMMER!

Our new favorite reality show...

We have LOVED having this nest in our backyard.

Right on top of our meterbox, where we have full, open view.

One Sunday afternoon, we got to watch as these little guys popped out.

They got so used to us and Boone, that they really hoped we might feed them.

Luckily, their very attentive parents took care of that....all day long.

Just like all babies, they needed around-the-clock care.

  

It makes me tired just watching.