Goodbye Raphael

The boys and our sweet neighbor getting ready to let the turtle go

Finn is pointing at the turtle.  He loves to point right now!

Taking the turtle down to the pond near the area where Aiden and I found him on the sidewalk

This is tricky to see, but the turtle is swimming in the water on the far bottom right hand side of picture.

Big bubbles!!!  After much frustration with the bubble mixes that don't work well at the store, we made our own and it worked much better.

Aiden and his bubbles

Liam and Luke and bubbles!

Forgot to post this last week...the boys are enjoying one of the slides at the park

Biking to the park with Calvin and Aunt Sarah (another one from last week)

We finally decided it was time to let Raphael (our baby painted turtle) free.  Aiden and I found Raphael on a run in mid May and I never intended to have him quite this long, but he has been quite fun to watch.  I found some turtle food for him on Amazon and we made a "habitat" for him so he was quite happy.  The boys enjoyed watching him and caring for him for the first month or so.  Then, it seems that chore started to get a little monotonous and it was time for Raphael to move on.  We took him to a pond near the area where we found him on a sidewalk and we let him go.  Thanks for staying with us for awhile, Raphael!

Luke and Liam have enjoyed a fun week at Vacation Bible School for "big kids," grades 1-6.  It has been more like a camp with college counselors and it is high energy!  Aiden has enjoyed several fun playdates by himself and Finn is counting down the days until his first birthday!!