Pals

Z's buddies Jackson and Thomas came over one afternoon to play.  I can't exactly remember why, but they were over.  Z is sandwiched between the two of them, and the three of them have sooo much fun together.  We are very very sad, though, because they are moving to Oklahoma at the end of the summer.  He will lose his best pals, and I will lose one of my best pals. 

At any rate, they came over.  We set up the sprinklers and they all played outside happily.

J loved the cicadas as much as Z did, and they decided to collect some for pets.  Who am I to stop that?  After they ate their freeze pops, J asked to keep the trash.  I asked why, and he decided he would put a cicada in it, and that it would be it's home.  Um, ok.  So the boys all collected cicadas and put them in tubes and in juice cups.  It kept them happy and out of my hair, so I sure did let them.  And they had so much fun!