Monday, August 27, 2007

Cool bugs!

We saw this cool bug on our Sunflower leaf the other day. I got this cool up close photo of it, but haven't a CLUE what this bug is! I have never seen a bug that is PINK before! :D

So, can you identify this bug for us??

Edited to add: Apparently it's a leaf hopper! It is attracted to sap. While we were at the trailer, someone or something snapped the head off one of our budding sunflowers (that the kids planted, how annoying and sad for them!). The result is a lot of sap... which brought on the ants you see at the bottom of the photo, and according to Wikipedia the leaf hoppers also enjoy some good sap!!

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Soccer Banquet Day

Every year, when the soccer season is over, the Port Weller Soccer League has their banquet day. This year it poured rain. I could literally ring out the water from my shirt. I had just gotten my hair cut and styled, and that was basically a write off! LOL! It was raining sideways almost, and so while I had an umbrella during the little 15 minute game, we all got wet. Then we tried to go to the air bouncers but they deflated them in the rain. At noon, JA got her trophey along with her team. We zipped over for our hot dogs (free dogs, Kool Aid Jammers, cotton candy, sno cones) and half way thru the line it began to POUR rain. We were soaked. Our hot dogs got soggy by the last bite too!! LOL It did stop raining eventually, and they re-opened most of the bouncers, and the slides. The kids had a blast. I checked out the penny sale table (which was also getting wet!) and put my tickets in for numerous things including a couple different portable DVD players, a cool Spiderman CD player for Zachary for Christmas, some Barbie stuff, a Webkinz, school stuff and gift certificates for stuff. I hope to hear next week that I won something!! Last year I won a new mouse for the computer, and some Clickits for JA. Kala and Kyle joined us, as did Kevin and Lubie. After that, we zipped to the Pool Park for one last hurrah before the end of season closure. It rained. LOL It POURED... the kids were in and out and in and out of the pool if the life guards could not see the elusive black dot on the bottom of the pool! LOL! It was still fun.
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We went and spent some time at Happy Rolph's yesterday afternoon. The kids had fun playing on the playground, feeding the ducks, and the other animals. At least they tried...some animals were just too far away or simply not interested in eating. The goats tho... ALWAYS interested! LOL!

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