butterflies, birthdays and spaghetti...

Last week we visited the Butterfly exhibit at Powell Gardens. The butterflies (aka "futterfies")were pretty facinating and would land on your shoulder.

It was a very hot day so after the butterflies and a picnic, the kids cooled off in the fountain.....BIG hit!

Making some cool butterfly wings and antenna. Hudson is obsessed with the color "orange" right now so he used orange markers, crayons, construction paper and pipe cleaners for his!

Eating spaghetti with daddy. Hudson often requests "hudson sit dada" for dinner. Notice which fork Hudson is using and which fork daddy is using. Dad's dinner always tastes better for some reason! You can't see under the table but Hudson snagged two of John's mismatched socks and wore them all night. Of course they looked a bit more like knee highs than socks on him. He loves his daddy.....

At Logan's 3rd birthday party eating pizza and cake with Ainsley! We also got to meet Logan's two week old brother, William. He was born at 6 lbs and looked so tiny!

Hard at work fixing up things in his playroom. He LOVES tools and uses them pretty appropriately.

Playing with play dough with Gage. I never thought a plastic knife and some play dough would provide an hour of entertainment!

This week we are getting ready for our big trip to Destin, Florida this weekend. Hudson is very excited about going to the beach and pool. He is getting better at swimming solo with his wings on and still loves jumping off the side. We are still in the process of potty training. The kid loves to pee and poo outside....not kidding. If we don't see him for a few minutes out there he is most likely stripped down working on his business. He always lets us know right after which bush he peed in or where the "ucky's" are so I guess that is helpful. Although it sure beats changing dirty diapers, I am pretty sure our neighbors think we are nuts! He does ok inside the house but we still have some accidents. Maybe after our Florida trip we will work on it some more!