We decided to celebrate the bright, shining sun today with some herbal sun tea. Kelwyn was thrilled to go out into the garden and pick herbs. We picked anise, lemon balm, peppermint, bee balm, feverfew, lavender and catnip. 
Adeline wanted to help too with the harvesting of bee balm. 
He stuffed the herbs into a glass jar and I filled full of water and into the sun for some tasty summer goodness. 
Kelwyn decided to make us some lunch with a huge pot of mud pie soup.
Fun in the sun!
Kelwyn is a bug fanatic. He just loves watching, catching, and playing with bugs. His favorite are Daddy longlegs. We have a ton of them all over our yard, which he catches and puts in his bug house. He also loves to chase butterflies through the garden, hoping to catch one. So I thought he would enjoy watching caterpillars turn into butterflies. I found a great package here, and our little caterpillars arrived in the mail one day in a plastic jar. We watched them move around and eat the food provided by them. It was not long before they hung upside down on the lid of the jar and spun their cocoons. It was really neat to watch and it has been something I have wanted to witness too. I placed them in a mesh holder so they could fly when they were ready. 
I was so amazing to watch them emerge and spread their wings! They are just beautiful and we will release them into the garden in a few days. Kelwyn and I have been feeding them sugar water on flowers and a few orange slices in the meantime. 
The same company does ladybugs and earthworms. We will have to pick another bug to watch soon!
We went to one of the local thrift stores today. I spotted some cute sea green plastic cups that would be perfect for Kelwyn's play kitchen. I stated how nice they would be for tea and Kelwyn was talking about a tea party all around the store, to the sales clerk and all the way home until we prepared our tea. We went out into the garden and gathered lemon balm, catnip and peppermint for a lovely pot of tea. We used the floral pillowcases, I also found at the thrift store, for a ground cloth and had a few cookies. Kelwyn set up a cup for me, himself, Daddy and Adeline (who was taking a nap).
I also found some great non plastic food storage containers for leftovers, which I have been looking for a while. These come with a top to store in the fridge. Slater said his MaMa has some just like it. I was pleased with my find.
On another note Adeline has been pulling up on anything in her reach. She came upon Kelwyn's drum and starting drumming away. 
