Lightning Bugs!!

After a night of catching lightning bugs at our neighbors house, we went out and bought a deluxe bug home so we could catch our own. Madeline and Meredith had a great time catching fireflies the first night and getting them into their new home. Here's a video after the first night of collecting.

Unfortunately, the fireflies didn't survive (they were left in the hot sun yesterday) so we went out in search of more bugs last night. Jillian was able to join in the fun too, and is very good at spotting and catching lightning bugs. Meredith calls them all "little buddy." There were a few casualties during the capturing process, but they had at least 30 bugs in the home last night. We let them all go free before going to bed to ensure they'd all live another day.

It's Show Time!

Meredith got two new outfits for Kit Kittredge using the money she got for her birthday (thanks!) and was nice enough to share with Madeline so the girls could put on a show in the living room this morning. Kit did a fabulous ice skating routine while Morgan did a beautiful tap dance. For the encore, Morgan danced on the stage while Kit skated around her doing all sorts of jumps. :)

Oh to be five years old again...

Meredith had her two best friends over to play the other day and they had so much fun. They each dressed up in their favorite dress-up dress and pretended to be superheros. I'm not sure what super powers a cheerleader or snow white has, but they were determined to save the world.

I just love watching the way they play. They didn't need anything except their costumes and their imaginations. :) Here are a couple if pictures, including one action shot.

Madeline's Flamingo from Build-a-Bear

Madeline's Daisy troop went to the Build-a-Bear workshop for their end of the year party. It was their prize for selling Girl Scout cookies. We had never been, so she was so excited! She picked a big pink flamingo and dressed her in a white tank top with sequins, denim skirt and black converse sneakers. As soon as we got home, she ran upstairs to change into her own white tank top, denim skirt and black converse. She just got a pair of converse last week from our next door neighbor that are at least a size too big but she doesn't care. She absolutely loves them. :)

She had so much fun making her new friend. She was so proud of what she picked and how Mady (that's the flamingo's name) looked in her digs, she just kept giggling. What a great experience.