I have bugs in my freezer.

Yes.

They’re not my bugs.

They belong to my boys.

They’re for collection and identification purposes.

Or so I’m told.

I don’t like having bugs in my freezer.

I do, however, like that pretty much every day this summer, the boys get up at the crack of dawn, hit the Jeep, and spend all day outside with their butterfly nets and containers trying to find the coolest bugs to study. I’m serious. They do it all day. Every day. 

Knowing this new bug obsession, my mom was kind enough to get us tickets to the butterfly exhibit at the Houston Museum of Natural Science. Absolutely incredible. The butterflies were stunning, the bugs were plenty, and I swear, I could have stayed all day and watched the butterflies hatching. I had NO idea how colorful and intricate the chrysalises were (above pic). 

Welcome to the Anderson Homeschool, folks. I guess this is my life for the next decade or so:

This little fella here is Fred. They carried him around like a pet bird all day. I guess it could be worse. ;-)

Chill out from this summer heat and check out our new Pinkle Toes display at Sprinkles Frozen Yogurt on Anderson Mill Road. You can even use this handy dandy coupon while you’re there.  This is THE best place to get frozen yogurt…especially for the little ones because you can control the portions of everything, even the GARGANTUAN variety of toppings!  My kids absolutely love this place…we’re there pretty much once a week ;-).

Contact me for full details or to sign up now!

These make me happy.  A little reminder of why we’re doing what we’re doing.

First, here’s a quick sneaky peek from today’s newborn. She was the curliest baby I’ve worked with in a long time. ;-)

Next, some more fun stuff.  I was recently contacted by two extremely talented photographers for Q & A’s on their blogs, Davina Fear and Kristie Serra.  Thank you both for "chatting" with me.  It’s a true honor just being thought of as worth featuring and perhaps some day we can meet in person. (Click their links to read the full interviews).

And finally, thank you to Midwifery Today Magazine for featuring one of my favorite maternity images on their cover for the latest issue.

[Sorry this post is so short and jumpy.  Totally buggin' with my wordpress blog right now and I'm doing good just to get something posted. If you hear a loud thump and a bang in a few minutes, don't worry.  It's just me throwing my computer out the window.]

It’s been quite a journey with this family. It started here. We ended up here.  And now we’re here. J and R, it’s been an honor to follow you through your journey into parenthood.  I look forward to seeing baby A grow and change over the years. Thank you so much!

Finally able to go through this session. I love them all so much it would take too long to blog them all, so here’s the whole set from her Mini Bridal Session:

I’ve been meaning to share some stills from the video session, but when mom shared this poem to her kids the other day, it was just the inspiration I needed to get on the ball.  These words to her children are straight from her heart, but I think any parent can relate:

My babies,

But most of all, may you always know,
The memory of my hugs and kisses deep within your soul.

With all my love,
Mommy

Sorry.  She was cute. My camera made me do it.