butterflies everywhere!

We went to a Butterfly Exhibit at the mall last weekend. There was a big tent set up and all the butterflies were flying everywhere and landing on everyone. We were given cotton buds dipped in Gatorade in order to attract the butterflies, but really they liked everyone anyway without it.

J wanted to see one on her cotton bud, but not on her. When butterflies kept landing on her head, and anywhere on her, the experience got old really quick. I don't have a picture of K because she was done after 10 minutes.

Enjoying the butterly on his collar. 

M and his friend had a blast. They both love butterflies.

My very "special" husband.

Little M was fascinated by the butterflies but Daddy had to hold him back because he wanted to grab all of them. Poor butterflies.

Holding Little M back.

Big M sports a new hair accessory.

A new body jewelry?

At one point he had butterflies on ALL his fingers. I think he squeezed the Gatorade cotton buds onto his hands.

Little M is contemplating how best to grab the butterfly.

The butterfly boy.

We brought home a pupa and a Monarch came out 2 days later. Another day later and we released it.

a playdate turn dinner date

We were schedule to have Big M's friend and his family spend the afternoon at our house for a playdate. They were in soccer together and have very similar interest; star wars, Lego, etc. On Friday night, I had a craving for ice cream so when I went to fetch one. As I was walking back to the kitchen, I noticed my ice cream cup was sloshing around. That's when I discovered that our freezer lost power probably the day before. The frozen waffles were thawed, and so were most of the meat. All the other things had to be trashed. I had to either throw away the meats, or go ahead and cook them. I decided to cook them so the playdate turned dinner date with all that food.

This was our first visitor to our house other than family. We had fun, though I bet our new friends were not prepared for the noise in our house. Whew! This new friend is just like us, Filipino Mommmy, Caucasian Daddy. They have 2 boys who is the same age as my 2 boys. We had a lot of fun. The girls were fascinated by the little boy.

asian festival

We went to an asian festival this weekend (minus Daddy and Little M, because Daddy was sick) with some friends. These little kiddos don't know much about what is to be Filipino so we thought it would be great to take them there. We saw some traditional Filipino dances (as well as other cultural dances) and martial arts demonstrations. J and K called the martial artists Power Rangers. They are heavily into Power Rangers Samurai at the moment.

Big M wanted to buy some traditional chinese Kung Fu shirt, but it was too expensive. It was hot, and the festival is more for adults so they all got bored and wanted to play in the playground. I bought them a tapioca drink which they did not like at all. J drank the fruity drink but she made the weirdest face when she sucked in a tapioca ball and then asked if she could spit it out. Big M didn't mind it, though.