Firefly Frenzy

It's firefly season in the South. One night I decided to keep the boys up a little later than normal so that they could experience the fun activity of catching firefly's. The boys were so excited to use their butterfly catcher and their 'Harrison bug box.' I laid Henry down for bed locked the door and went out. Willie came home just as we were finishing up and getting ready for bed. He wished he could have been a part of it.

We decided that we should let the boys have another firefly night before we went to Utah for vacation. We weren't sure of when the firefly's would be gone. Willie took the boys this time. They had so much fun. I think it's a memory they will keep. Parker gets so excited to look for the yellow light that comes on. Lincoln gets excited to run but quickly backs off when the bug gets too near.

The first time we caught around eight lightning bugs. The second time it was around 10 or 12.
We enjoy this little adventure. The boys love going out late to run around.

We came back from out trip to Utah and since we were used to staying up a little later we thought we would let the boys catch the firefly's again. Parker was more brave and would put them in his hand to put them into the bug box. Lincoln still stands back but pretends to catch them.