Caterpillar to Butterfly - Brady's Birthday present

Brady has been after butterflies for quite some time now. He LOVES them... i mean REALLY LOVES them. A while back, Brady even decided that he needed a butterfly bush in the backyard so it would attract more butterflies! We went to NorthHaven gardens as a family and Brady carefully chose the right bush. At home, he and his dad planted it in just the right spot. We chase butterflies in the backyard and when we go to parks, but he wanted his very own. So, for his birthday, his grandparents brought him the most wonderful gift... Caterpillars! Brady took care of them and watched them change from caterpillar to chrysalis to beautiful painted lady butterflies. After they had been flying around that little net cage for a few days, Brady decided it was time to let them fly free.

Brady's Butterflies set Free

It was Brady's decision to let these little guys fly free... Brady is such and animal/insect lover. He's so kind and gentle with all of them. Lucky for Brady and Breck a couple of the butterflies hung around them for about 20 minutes and this was pure heaven for Brady! He released them right next to the butterfly bush that HE chose to plant a couple of months ago. This was a pretty cool process to watch start to finish and Brady relished every minute of it! I think we'll be ordering some more caterpillars... I definitely recommend this to other moms!

Father's Day & Kristin's Bday at my parents house

Big goings on at the Healey house with Father's Day and Kristin's Birthday celebrations. The usual crowd gathered and talked and ate and sang little diddy's... The cousins played and all was right in the world. Happy Father's Day to MY DAD! Love you.

Happy Father's Day Brian

The kids sure do love their Dad and gave appreciation in the best way they knew how.. which was to make something yummy... a cake! I gave Brian free time ... and he chose to clean the garage! Men are funny! I appreciate it though.... especially when i think of how i would have head straight to the nail salon or the mall. I think it was a good day....and hope he felt the love and appreciation we have for him.

Summer playing

paper mache, painting, popsicle stick houses, building & exploding volcanoes, fishing, swimming, slip n slide... these are a few of the things the boys enjoy doing in the summer.

Family Birthday party for Brady

So, on Brady's true birthday, we had family over to celebrate. Brady is a lucky boy... he had both sets of grandparents, cousins, uncle.... and us! Really, all Brady needs to make a party are two of his older cousins, David & Aaron. Our boys think they are the GREATEST! We had a fun time making the day special for him...and I think he enjoyed himself big time!

Smack that Pinata!

Boys love to hit things... and hitting things with a bat is even better. Man, I thought the pinata would go down a lot sooner... but old sponge bob received many rounds of beatings! Breck was a loose canon with his one armed swing. I believe the bat went flying off a few times... then there was big cousin David ,who really knew how to get down to business! I've already been asked to provide a pinata for the next birthday party!