What I wouldn't give to be a boy in Summer time. They walk around the yard shirt less, filling up ice chests and storage bins with water to bob for apples, jump on the trampoline with their J's on, or with the sprinkler underneath. Flooding a empty flower bed or building a fort, the possibilities are endless. They are blessed with an abundance of raspberries from Grandma's yard and the neighbors to fill up those tummies that never get filled. I watch them to see what catches their attention. Snails were the topic this morning. As they gathered as many as they could find, three of them would compete in their race. So they attempted to have them race and then when that didn't go as planned they made a shelter for them. Oh what those snails must have been thinking. And the boys thinking they can actually contain them in a uncovered bucket. I am amazed (actually grossed out), when Jonah shows me the slime from them on his hands. They marvel at these gross pests in our yard. What will they find next?
We spend money on toys and gadgets to keep them occupied and all the while the things in our backyard are enough. The things that capture them are the very things that the Lord has created for us and I can help but be blessed to see them enjoy also. Even if it is a snail, beattle, worm, stick (which becomes a sword), climbing a tree, picking grandma's apples to bob for them, I love to see the things they will find. Being a mom of a boy is what makes me smile, I see things through their eyes, and they show me things I never would have seen. Thank you Lord for blessing me with boys!!!
