We've done a couple fun activities this past month. First we spent several Tuesday evenings at the Toledo zoo taking a class. We learned about different animals (even got to pet a green-eyed tree frog and a hissing cockroach-- Elise loved it!) and learned about their special talents.
The day we learned about birds and their eyesight, we made and decorated our own binoculars.
Then all the kids lined up and tried them out. They sure worked well even though they looked a bit like toilet paper rolls.
Elise and I also took a Bug Walk class at our local metropark. We walked through the woods and a meadow collecting bugs in our bug jar. We collected 5 beetles and one fuzzy caterpillar. It was a great day for bugs!
Afterwards we made a lady bug out of modeling clay to take home and had a yummy snack that looked like a bug. The class was mostly filled with little boys but Elise seemed the most interested picking up bugs and sharing them with the naturalist.
And of course our garden is still growing like crazy!
Grandmas scored some bikes from a local thrift store so we've been upgraded in the biking department. About 2 seconds after this picture was taken, we had a big wipe out complete with a scabbed knee.
Elise and Jeff went and picked out her helmet. It was such a hit that she wore it out of the store complete with cardboard and price tags. She even wore it through dinner and most of the evening too. By the time she took it off, her head was soooo sweaty!
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| Here we are sporting our new helmet plus a bug we found. |
Even Garth looks good in it too! He doesn't mind the pink owls one bit.
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