Thursday, June 18, 2009

Could we fill this day with any more fun?

On the last day of school, Halle's teacher sent home a caterpillar in a container. The students had been learning all about butterflies and caterpillars, so Halle knew what all was going to happen. The very next day (our first day of vacation), Halle's caterpillar put itself in it's chrysalis! I had absolutely no clue how long it was supposed to stay in there, so all the research I did concluded that they stay in the chrysalis about 2 weeks.
Well, obviously, my research was wrong or our butterfly emerged too soon, because only 6 days later, Halle rushed me her container to show me that there was a butterfly in it!!
We put the container outside and figured the butterfly would fly away when it was ready. We hope it is still living, flying freely!After all that excitement, we met up Allyson for a little shopping. We had nothing we had to buy, but just enjoyed walking around and looking. We stopped for a little while to let the kids play in the big play area! They had a lot of fun! Parker LOVED it!!!



It just so happened that my good friend, Brooke, was in town from South Carolina visiting her parents and they live only 10 minutes away from the mall we were at. My sister is also good friends with Brooke's sister, Brittany (who was also in town visiting), so we called and decided to go see them after shopping.
Because it was all last minute, we ended up showing up to their house right when they were heading out on their boat. We jumped on and enjoyed 1.5 hour ride out on the lake! We didn't have our swimsuits or anything, but we got to relax and enjoy the day on the water. (Halle and Parker were quite bummed they couldn't jump in the water or ride the tubes-I felt horrible).

Halle, Parker, and Allie (Brooke's baby-6 months old)...Parker doesn't know what to think about Allie

Brittany, Bradley, and Bethany (Brooke comes from a family of 7 kids, all with their names starting with a "B")

Brittany, Allyson, Halle, Parker, Me, Brooke, and Allie

Brooke and I have been best friends since we were in 9th grade! I can't believe we're both married (we share the same anniversary too!) and have kids!!

It was such a fun-filled day!!!

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