trip to nana/papa's house

this weekend the boys and i went to nana/papa's -
here are the boy's driving papa's "mule" - j.man is riding"shotgun"

we went on an adventure to the "black lagoon" - which is a swampy/brackish spot where the boys love to explore...

for more "black lagoon" pictures go here -

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after the "black lagoon" - the boys and i went off to explore at "crocodile lake"...

the boy's had several opportunities to see wildlife here...

by this time - the boys were filthy - so they decided to take a dip in n/p's pool....

swimming pools are a little different in the country:-)

this is what we were doing while the boys were swimming...

n/p have lots of birds in their "backyard" - and lots of bird feeders - nana doesn't like for the squirrels to come and eat because they eat everything leaving nothing for the birds - so j.man decided to "invent" a squirrel trap....

nuts wrapped in mesh and then tied to a string - dangling from a stick....

to be used like this....

be sure to keep your eyes open for these in a store near you!!!!

next time i will blog about our day trip to houston where we ate with uncle j and visited the houston children's museum