I figured out why my shampoo has been disappearing so fast...

Getting their nails done

Our cocoon hatched!

About three weeks ago, we found three of these giant cocoons in my brother-in-law's sweet potato field. The kids brought them home and stuck them in a box with some dirt and then forgot about them.
They stayed forgotten until a few days ago, when early in the morning while reading his Bible, Daddy Duck heard something moving. The cat heard it too. They peeked into the box and there was a huge, hideous looking moth hanging there on the edge. It was trying to get out, but it couldn't fly.

I can't believe Monkey Man was brave enough to touch it! It clung to his fingers and made us all shudder.

We were kinda hoping for a beautiful, colorful butterfly.

Monkey Man let it crawl up his jacket.

But then, it got a little too close for even Monkey Man's comfort. (Bahahaha!! I can't look at this picture without laughing.)
I bet the moth had a similar expression on its face!

We have yet to identify it. Any ideas?

A Green Visitor

I think what I like most about these pictures are the dirty fingernails.

Fall Leaf Art

Way back when my big kids were little, we made these "Leaf Art" hangings. I had forgotten about them until a few days ago, when my kids started collecting and admiring leaves. It's an easy way to display their favorite ones and in my opinion, it looks very pretty.

All you need to make them are leaves, 2 sheets of wax paper, an iron and a towel. Place one sheet of wax paper (about 12" square, but really, it can be any size) on your ironing board and arrange the leaves on it (taking care to leave space around each leaf). Lay the other (same size) sheet of wax paper on top of the leaves, cover it with a towel, and iron it with a hot iron until the wax has melted and "sealed" the leaves into place. Voila! Your kids will be impressed. If you hang them on the window, the light shines through the paper and looks nice & fall-like.

You can also melt little bits of crayons in between the wax paper to give it more color, but I didn't tell my kids that or they'd be chopping up every crayon in the house.

These are some pictures I took yesterday and had fun editing.

Girls

I've got sunshine on a cloudy day...

It's not all bad

Good news! Our generator is now hooked to our well pump, so our showers no longer look like this:I don't think the kids are as excited about this prospect as I am, though.


Big Sister, Sugar Baby, heated water for them and then stood guard and to make sure they used soap.
I'm not sure when our power will be back on. I heard yesterday that our area was last on the list. So thankful for the generator!