Lightning Bugs

The weekend was nice. I really didn't do anything at home other than mow the grass. I waited until 7:00 Saturday evening to start, which made it much more bearable. But the one problem with mowing that late in the evening is the bugs, bugs and more bugs. And with it so humid, they would hit my skin and then couldn't get away because they were caught in the sweat, so I just kept accumulating more and more bugs with every step, and therefore swatting and wiping away with every other step. Now didn't you enjoy that vivid description?! Haha! Thank goodness for popsicles and baths! It was just too hot to do much else this weekend. We did the old movies and popcorn thing.

Bailey had a good weekend. She learned how to weave a design on a loom with little tiny beads. The project she's working on is very, very pretty. She's going to frame it when she's done.

The girls are spending the night again tonight. We started watching "Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood" (or, as Josie says, "Diving Secrets . . ." - haha!) but didn't finish it - I didn't know it was such a deep, dark movie. I thought it would be much more light-hearted. Maybe it gets better in the end, but we didn't make it that far.

We went out to the courtyard at dusk to catch lightning bugs. Marissa caught her first one! (She's been afraid of them in the past.) She was so proud of herself. But then she got too brave and when the next one landed on her, she did the same squeal and the same dance that I do when I get anywhere near a spider! Bailey was complaining a bit about not being able to chase them herself "more than 6 feet", but she did a lot of pointing for Josie and Marissa and did a lot of "Mom, move me closer!" Lightning bug hunting is not an easy thing to do these days: try to spot them myself, try to keep the girls from getting too excited and falling off the cement walls they're standing on (only 2 feet high, but still!), trying to keep Bailey's cord up off the cement so it doesn't rub a spot in the plastic, trying to follow Bailey's direction which way to push the 200-pound box and how far and at the same time trying not to push it into the cement wall myself! Gee whiz! See what I mean?! I was mentally and physically exhausted after that. And to think we went down there just to sit at a quiet table outside in the fresh air and play a round of cards. But we had a blast! It turned into a great time and therefore a great memory.

Well, time to see what God has in store for us all this week. Hope yours is good, and we'll do our best to make ours good!

Love,
Angie