bugs ... bugs ... and ... more bugs ...

this week was field trip week at our house ...

on friday i got to go with drew's class to the nature center.

now ... a nature girl i am not ;)
BUT ...
it was still fun to be there.
it is seriously THE PERFECT field trip for boys.

they HAD AN ABSOLUTE BLAST catching bugs on 'the prairie' -
(i already went and bought some bug nets so the boys can do this behind our house ...
i forsee many hours of fun ...
and many ticks ... ewww..)



they got to crawl around in the 'forest habitat'

and they got to use nets to try to catch whatever they could out of the 'pond habitat'.
(i can say it was a successful day simply because no 2nd graders fell off the dock!
although, i heard someone did from the group that went the day before! OOPS!)



it was a beautiful day for a field trip!
(much better than the day ben got)
it was a GORGEOUS setting and it was packed full of super fun activities!

it was one of those days that i was reminded why boys are so fun.

they love bugs.

they can, without hesitation, get completely into a field trip centered around them.

AND ...

most importantly ...

they are brave enough to fight off said bugs when they get too close to their mom :)