A Short Trip

The kids and I took a short 48 hour trip to visit my parents on the dairy farm where I grew up. My mom just had carpal tunnel surgery and I was hoping that we could be more help than a hindrance with our visit. We were able to cross off #s 23- catch fireflies and 28- eat popsicles (make your own) on our 70 Days of Summer Activities list. We easily made our own popsicles in theses molds using kiwi strawberry juice (3) and a combination of 2/3 orange juice and 1/3 white grape juice. I was a bit nervous that the pops wouldn't come out in one piece since the tray was one solid piece, but it worked perfectly and we enjoyed delicious, refreshing, 100% juice pops that were a little extra-special because we made them ourselves.

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After our drive home we pulled in the driveway as the sun was going down and it was just starting to get dark out. My husband was working in the garage and getting together our camping gear (for #41!) and then it happened...the fireflies started blinking. Well, who can resist trying to catch fireflies?! The kids set out to each catch these mysterious insects with hubby's help and were successful!

The Sponge was the first one to have success. She LOVES bugs and let this little guy crawl all over her (yuck! good for her!). Unfortunately, while I was trying to get a good photo he escaped (sorry honey!) and she set out to find a replacement. In the meantime, Hulk was still looking for a firefly of his own and with Daddy's help he was able to wrangle his own.

The Hulk (much like his Mommy) does not share his sister's love for having insects crawl all over his skin so he yelled and dropped the firefly after feeling it's (creepy) little legs tickle his (adorably pudgy) hand.

All in all, it was a great ending to our short trip.