The ants come marching in.... again.

Yesterday we had an army of ants come marching in. They were in full force and seriously - they were not there and then they were there in abundance! JB dropped some ice and I bent down to pick it up from under the table - no ants. I sat down with HC to do schoolwork and felt an itch. I bent down to scratch and saw a line of ants.

Last year the ants marched in and we were under a serious drought so I bought the story of the locals. They told us, from the first year we moved in, that the local ants do invade to find water. Nope! Not true! These ants could not POSSIBLY be looking for water since it has rained for 3 days or more - and I do mean RAINed!

When I thought about it, the ants came indoors this time last year too. It made me wonder if it were just a seasonal thing. Maybe they sense winter is near and they, like the squirrels, are storing up goods for the winter. Well, we will be studying ants later this year and I will let you know what discoveries we make then. For now - our handy dandy leftover ant poison did the trick again! It literally had them all gone within 8 or more hours. The kids had fun watching the ants march in and then march out. We even saw a few piggy back ants. It is clear to me that our Ants lesson in several months will be a huge hit!