Padraig got the "Big Ears Listening Award" today at school for the 3rd time this school year! We are so proud of his big ears! (He got those from his mama.)

A Great Weekend

Saturday afternoon we enjoyed some Power Wheelin' fun with Issac & Jessie.

On Sunday, Padraig and I made pumpkin cupcakes.

With cream cheese icing.

Delicious!




Padraig decided it was a good day to stay in his jammies. And paint. It's been a great weekend.

Monkey Business

Here's a pic of Pag hanging around today at his class field trip to Tanner Park.

Like Father, Like Son

Garden Bouquet

zinnias, sunflowers, cosmos, cuttings from the butterfly bush (aka Mo Mo the Monster).

Between the bugs, the heat, the drought, and being trampled by the Beagle dogs tracking the cats, my flowers have struggled this year. I've left the sunflowers standing after they bloomed so that the birds could eat the seeds this fall/winter. However, some sort of insect has eaten through the stalks causing the heads to fall off. This is disappointing since I plant to attract birds and butterflies and was looking forward to watching the birds pluck the seeds from the drooping heads. Maybe next year. The zinnias, orange cosmos, black-eyed susans and morning glories are still in bloom, and I expect they will be until October. I am thankful for the beautiful flowers that grace our yard.

saturday evening after dinner bat watching

we took the boys to Heritage Park for some after dinner bat watching. we saw some cotton tailed rabbits munching on their dinner, and lots of swallows swooping and looping and diving quicker than our eyes could follow. Pag ate his first mulberries and had his first taste of honeysuckle. not a bat in sight...

when we returned home we ate frozen lemonade and watched two little brown bats fly beneath the street lamp, not too far from the front door.