It's Summer Time

This is the first time the summer feels different from our day to day. We have been busy participating in things we do not do during the school year. It has really been fun and busy! Our local movie theaters (the Rave theaters) offer free kid movies on Tuesday and Wednesday mornings. On this past Tuesday we enjoyed watching Charlotte's Web. After our encounter with the critters the week before, HC and JB really enjoyed seeing spiders and webs. I couldn't resist taking a picture of HC in a theater chair - she and JB often folded up with the chair and before we know it.... they will be too big to fold up. I had to sneak a picture of JB because he was not interested in posing.
Another fun thing we've done this summer is join in the library's summer reading program. This was the last day of the program and we had sno cones and the kids received gift bags.
Can anyone say blue mouths?? We had blue sno cone everywhere!
Here were the goodies HC and JB went home with! The best part - they had fun reading books!

In fact, our last trip to the library JB found a baseball book and a dinosaur book that he wants to keep. He keeps showing me books he wants to trade with them. He thinks he can give the library the books he is tired of and keep these new treasures! I just love that he is interested in books! That is the first step in learning.

Insects! Eww!

Last Wednesday we went to our local library for books and learning! They had a local science group come by with some icky guests!!! First we saw a millipede! This was OK. HC let it crawl on her hand, and so did JB and I. No problem. You could barely feel the feet at all. It was not SO bad! Next... the 'teacher' asked for volunteers. HC had her hand up so high that she couldn't miss our girl. She asked HC (with doubt in her voice) "Are you really really brave??" HC giggled and nodded.
As she described the insect she was placing in HC's hand.. I gasped thinking there is NO way HC will hold THAT! EWWWWWWWWWWWWWW!!
It was a hissing cock roach! EWWWWWWWW!!
My HC carried this little guy around the whole room for everyone to see. She didn't even want to let the 'teacher' take this icky guy! They were not hissing because they only hiss when they are afraid. Since they are around people so much the one HC toted didn't move an inch! JB did touch this icky insect too - but not me! NO WAY WHATSOEVER!! I was a bit creeped out that my kids touched/held it! EWWWWWW!!!
HC touched this unsightly spider but not me nor JB! That's my boy! hee hee
Careepy!! When it was question time HC had her little hand up and asked her FABULOUS question! HC: "Why does a spider make webs?" The 'teacher' explained that this spider does not make webs, although it can, but it uses the hair on its legs to attract bugs for food. Pretty neat huh? My baby girl had a great question for an almost 5 year old! (The teacher also explained they use the web to catch food and to live.)
Then the last thing was this rat! The kids pet the rat and we were out of there!!! The kids LOVED it! They really had a great time - to my surprise! I thought we were going to make something - and when they mentioned it was a show and tell I was worried my 2 wouldn't last - they didn't have their nap before this event!
HC and JB wanted to hold the rat but... no holdsies! I was worried that she would let someone hold that rat or spider and it would be on the loose! I was glad she had total control of both 'pets'! {smile} THANKS Science Center! My kids loved the event!

We used a bit of the disinfectant lotion on our way out of the door and we hopped in the van for our ride home! Some of those little guys still make me shiver when I think about them!!!