Just for Fun

The craziness of summer is over,

And the craziness of a new school year has begun.

I thought I'd just blog some pictures of our September thus far.

The boys came up with their own band.  They call themselves "The Britton Boys".  My only guess on the name is from a former address of ours. :)

We are a big board gaming family.  Here they are playing Brain Quest States.

Our daughter loves magic.  Here she is performing a magic trick for they boys.  They were impressed.

He beat me 3 times at Dominoes.  Grrrrrr.  Here's his game winning piece.

Playing Dominoes...Did I mention I lost?

I quit. And his sister was more than eager to play. -- Hey, Here's a magic trick that I can perform.  Notice how messy the desks are??  "Abracadabra!"

The mess has disappeared!  Aren't I good at this magic thing?!?

She beat her brother.  He took it well.  He was still soaring on his three previous wins.

I posted this one on FB.  He's just so cute though.  My kids love dominoes and there are so many things you can do with them!

My oldest found this praying mantis while he was playing.  It was actually hanging on the bottom of his swing while he was swinging.

And what do all boys do with insects??  Play with them of course...until it bit him.  Then he let it go.

We are seeing lots of these guys this month.  This is our 5th sighting of one since the beginning of Sept.  Maybe our praying mantis release earlier this year wasn't such a bust after all.

Had to add this one in the group.  Because so many times this month, this is what has happened while we are trying to either get home or leave somewhere.  This time, two trains were passing each other doing about 5MPH.  We patiently waited (counting the 113 cars) until the one pictured above decided to stop on the tracks and not move anymore.  Just one of the many joys of living by the tracks.

Courtney performs a magic trick for the boys.