Worm Day

Worm day...yes, you heard correctly, Worm Day. My plan for the summer is to entertain the boys with some fun projects to help pass time while William is napping. This week...worm day. I built it up big Wednesday night at bedtime. Philip woke up Thursday morning asking when would worm day start??

We began with a ride in the Gator to find the best place to search for worms.

When we found the perfect spot, we began the digging process.

I am sad to report that we dug in several spots. The boys looked so hard...but to no avail. The worms were in hiding. They did not seem to care. They were simply having a ball digging in the dirt. They filled up buckets of dirt...then dumped them out in search of hidden worms!

When they grew tired of searching, we headed into the kitchen to whip up an after lunch treat. We started by crushing up graham crackers in a bag. For two little guys who love to run around tearing things up and shouting "bang", this was a blast. Then we made chocolate pudding. The graham cracker crumbs went in first to represent sand and next the pudding to represent dirt. We topped them off with gummy worms! The boys love to help in the kitchen and seem to really enjoy this activity.

Last, an art project. We took some yarn, glue, and food coloring and made "worms" to put on construction paper. I let Daniel simply play with the "worms" on his paper. For Philip, I wrote out the word worm and he traced the letters with his yarn (with some help).

Perhaps the most fun, though, was watching Daniel eat his treat. What a mess!! All in all, a lot of fun!!

The rest of the week was uneventful. We did have a fun trip to the playground with Mary and Annie. It was packed...first day out of school for public schools. I got tickled when a little girl persistently tried to grab Daniel's hand and take him around the playground. He was not having it. At one point, she called him a baby. His response....he pointed to the stroller and said, "Baby William" and then pointed to himself and said "Tank Tank". Love it!!!