I caught a fish this morning!  It was a little sunfish.  I dug the worms all by myself.  I turned over a rock and found the tiniest worm you ever saw.  I carried it down to the lake and told Grandma that it was a girl worm, because it was PINK.  Grandma asked me what boy worms look like, and I told her that they were a little bit darker than the girl worms.  The fishies ate that little worm without getting hooked, so I had to go find another one.  The next one I found was a little bit bigger; it was a boy worm.  And then I used him to catch the fish!

Just for a little context he is referring to a book called "Actual Size" which has life sized pictures of the largest and smallest creatures on earth.  He had also clearly been waiting to tell me this story with the book as a reference.  I think that when he saw the spider by the lake he immediately thought of this book, but couldn't remember the name of the spider. 
P: Mommy, where's that red book with the GIANT hand on it.  I need to show you something.
M: Here is it, what do you want to show me?
P: Hold on...(turns the pages) that's not it, not looking for the salt water crocodile, or the ant-eater.  Not the giant worm or Siberian Tiger, no, not the elephant... OH here it is.  Here is the BIRD-eating Spider.  Mommy!  On the crispy rock I found THIS spider.
M: Oh my goodness, you found that Goliath Bird-eating spider?  That is a BIG spider, did you show Grandma??  
P: No.  I killed it.  
M:  You killed it?  Before you could show Grandma? Why did you kill it?
P:  I killed it so that the birds would be safe.
*A crispy rock is a chunk of cement, with sand in it.
** Goliath Bird-eating spiders are only found in the rain forest in South America - and Dyken Pond

Preston:  Everywhere that I feel itchy I find a bump!
Mommy:  You were delicious lunch for lots of mosquitos.

From Luke:
I definitely had a fun weekend with Mom and Dad.  I had them all to myself!  I had my first taste of sushi, which was pretty good.  I like the rolls.  Mom dissected them for me so that I could eat them in small bites.  She also let me try some salmon.  I ate a few bites, but didn't love it.  I like not having to compete with Preston for attention.  I'm so well behaved when the attention is focused entirely on  me!
Then on Sunday we took a walk at the fish hatchery.  I got to feed the fishies  little bit, and I chased a pair of ducks around the lawn.  Then we went on a short walk along the river, before heading back to the car.  
Saturday I took an epic nap.  Sunday I took a short early nap and then refused to take a second one after our walk.  That led to an early bedtime, because I was so grouchy, but all in all it was a good weekend.  
I'm so glad to have Preston back, though!  We rough housed with Daddy and sat next to each other while we drank our juice boxes.  

We are down to one child for the weekend.  Enough said. 

Well, he is the more high maintenance child, so we are still a bit on our toes, but things seem 10 times less crazy minus a 4 year old.  Preston is having some quality time with the grand parents and great grand parents at tge lake.

On the phone with Preston this morning:
Me:  Tell me what you've done so far.
Preston:  Well, we slept and ate breskfast... we haven't done anything fun yet.

John:  What's that noise?
Carrie:  I don't know.
John: Is that Luke banging the gate at the top of the stairs?  He climbed up there....
Carrie:  Yup, he sure did.

Parents of the year.

I suppose I can write a little bit.  We have many photos to share from out adventures this month, so maybe I can let them speak for themselves. 

Luke had a check-up early this month.  His iron is better, thankfully, so that's a relief.  I'm much more diligent about giving him his vitamins.  He weighed 25lbs and was 31.5 inches tall.  Almost exactly the same as Preston at this age.  Although I would like Luke to talk more, the pediatrician is not concerned.  He understands what we say, and he tries new words.  They want to see that kids have 3-10 words at this age, and he definitely does.

I know that I need to post smaller messages more frequently, so I am going to do my very best to keep up with this more! 

Enjoy these photos!

Destinee's Party:

Trip to the Beach: