Hunting & Sliding

Going hunting....Hunting for what, you ask.....

It is something that lives in the ground....

Yep... we went hunting for worms.

The boys loved digging in the dirt.

And loved putting dirt in their buckets.

But neither one of them would actually touch a worm.  They liked watching them wiggle in the dirt or they would enjoy watching me pick them up but even though I tried and I tried....they just would not touch a worm.  My nephew was scared that it would bite him and Bubby G kept saying that the worm was a snake.

My nephew's bucket was filled with worms which he loved as long as they didn't come close to him.

They crack me up.

 At first in the video my nephew thinks that Bubby G put a worm in his bucket when actually it was just some dirt.  Then we got to looking at about 3 worms that were wiggling around in the dirt.  There were no worms killed in the making of this video...even though they probably were hurt when Bubby G decided to stomp on them.
After we went hunting for worms then we went over to our neighbors house to play.

They have a huge play structure for the boys to climb on and slide and swing and play with rocks and so much more.

Bubby G took off down the slide head first...

But as soon as he started my nephew threw rocks in his face...

Luckily, Baby G thought it was hilarious.

Take 1 of trying to get a good picture of the boys going up the ladders.

Take 2....What are you doing Bubby G?

Take 3.... Oh brother.

Take 4...This one is cute of my nephew, but Bubby G was still just hanging around.

Take 5:  This would be cute but you can't see half of my nephews face.

Take 6:  Now this is a classic.

Take 7:  Well....after 7 tries I'm gonna give up....we gave it a good try.  It is just too hard to sit still and smile while you're on a ladder.

More sliding...

And more silliness.

Then our neighbors let out their dog, Maggie...and Bubby G spots it.

Bubby G is off....

Run, Maggie, Run!!!!

During this time my nephew is up looking through the binoculars for airplanes in the sky.  He kept asking the airplane to say 'Cheese.'

Silly boy!!!

It was another fun day spent outside with two of the sweetest boys in the whole world.  Every day with them is a blast!!!

Banana Pudding

 For our mid-morning snack today we decided to make our own banana pudding. 

 The boys were definitely game.

They each got some vanilla wafers, vanilla pudding cup, whipped cream, and a banana (not shown)

First thing they had to do was put some vanilla wafers in the bottom of their cup.  Look at those gorgeous blue eyes.

That's one way to get the cookies into the cup.

After a quick clean up Bubby G wanted to show off his cup too.

Next you spoon your vanilla pudding on top of the vanilla wafers.

I did not say that it is time to start eating your cookies....

He's not listening to me.

Next, the boys needed to cut up their banana.

Nice job!!!  I tried to tell him to turn his knife over....but he liked it better this way.

Well...Bubby G, that's one way to cut a banana.

My nephew is going to be 3 in May and does a pretty good job of cutting the banana...

Bubby G will be 2 in June and prefers stabbing his banana.

But he's getting the job done.  Even if it is in his own way.

Hey....wait a minute....I didn't say that it was time to start eating your banana.  Lil Stinker!!!

After they cut up their banana then they needed to put it on top of their vanilla pudding in their cup.

Now we're getting some small pieces of banana cut up. It looks like he gave up on the big piece of banana and just went ahead and stuck it in his cup anyway.

Next, the boys needed to get their whipped cream and....

Put it on top of their banana.

He's got his tongue sticking out from the deep concentration.

Bubby G was concentrating hard too.  Gotta get the whipped cream just right.

And finally the banana pudding was ready to eat.  My nephew was being cautious and took a very small bite at first to make sure it was good.

Bubby G...well....the picture says it all.

I guess the pudding passed his taste test cuz he is definitely digging in now.

A lady from our church gave us this idea and I think it was a hit.  I'll have to look up more ideas on ways the boys can make their own snacks.  This was fun.