Yesterday was going to be a great day. Our oldest didn't have school and we were all excited to play like we did throughout the summer. Don't get us wrong, school is great, but we also love playing together and exploring outside throughout the entire day! Knowing that we had a free day coming, we planned with our friends the Crumb Crunchers, to share yet another day in the great outdoors.
The Crunchers have one of the greatest yards we know, and with the promise that there were many Praying Mantis to be found in their back field, we didn't hesitate to bring our treats, nets and buckets. We knew it was going to be a fabulous day!
We were not let down!
While most of the boys were having a great time playing in the sandbox,
Then, the world's coolest mom really started to shine. Knowing the love my oldest has for creatures/critters, she decided to start their riding lawn mower to take a few swipes of the yard to stir things up. How cool was that? My oldest son was so excited!
Prepared with net and bug house in hand he diligently followed the mower, looking for whatever might be moving.
Think that was cool enough? Not even close. After their search, she got the 'go-ahead' from me and then let our oldest son drive the mower himself!!!
I don't know how many passes she let him take, but she walked with him all over that back field. I tried hard to take some pictures of our oldest looking like he was out there by himself--because I knew he would think that was great, but the world's coolest mom was never far.
After mowing awhile, the hunt continued for things.
More snakes, grasshoppers, praying mantis and other insects were captures for observation.
2 comments:
Yeah, I'd vote for her, too. How does one learn to be a cool mom like that. Sign me up for that class.
Totally in agreement. You're both pretty cool moms. Oh how I wish we were there to spend the entire day in her yard too.
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