A real beetle came to the party!
Say "Cheese!"
Looks good Jack!
I cannot believe May is almost over! What happened to it? We have had a great month however! My big boy turned 5! We had a fabulous bug birthday with his friends that included a jumper and bug hunt. So fun! It is amazing how 5 years can go by so fast. We are so enjoying seeing him grow into his own person. I was talking to someone about Ryan turning 5 and they reminded me that he will now hold all his memories and remember things from now on. Exciting, but a little scary too.
We decided to stay home during Memorial Day weekend so. On Monday, we were invited by a dear lady, Lynne, I work with out to her farm in Enumclaw. She had brought 2 baby ducks and 1 chick to school on Friday and I had mentioned that my boys would love to see all the babies. She was so kind to host us for a morning and show us their organic farm. Wow! So much work but so rewarding too. Ryan got to get eggs out of the hen house and take a dozen home. He really thought they would "patch" so I had to prove to him that they were indeed normal brown eggs by cracking one. He then asked how eggs turn into chicks. Fortunately I was able to give the abbreviated way. :) Along with the countless chicks, ducklings, and turkey chick (the hen hatched!) they have a calf named Colleen Marie. She is so cute and Ryan wanted to hug her. Fortunately, she was faster than he was. Lily the Llama was pretty darn sweet too. Great times and memories to hold.
A wandering stick bug. Can you see it?
As for the sticks...my neighbor and I were talking about her 5 year old Brooke wanted a hamster. We talked and came up w/co-oping the hamster for a week. In exchange, we got their stick bugs. So much fun! Ryan and Brooke loved babysitting each others pets and they learned a lot too. I look forward to doing this again with them as well as finding others to share our Hander with. Any takers?
"Don't cry because it's over. Smile because it happened."- Dr Seuss
