June 11th

Let's see.....we:

• officially became Rivendell and SILK (Spider Intelligent Learning Kingdom) and found a bunch of friends for Boris. Boris may be the first spider to drive a VW bug.

• learned that what we were calling inchworms are actually Angle shades which will turn into Owlet moths (I'm not sure how much to trust my App...)

• learned that Daddy Long Legs are not actually spiders

• learned that centipedes are not insects (and don't survive an afternoon and evening of kid-loving

• we collected small rocks and began the process of tumbling rocks (Thank You Joel!!!)

• had apricots (1 and 2 halves), meatballs (0), and pretzel-cream cheese-goldfish (5) for the pom-pom challenge

• made lots of stuff with the low temp glue gun like a squirrel feeder, a Bo-Bo feeder, a blaster

• we pulled seeds from cherries by various methods, and googled methods for actually growing cherry trees. It requires more than putting a seed in some soil...

• created art with water colors, droppers, straws and post card sized cards

• and then we did a whole bunch of other stuff to.

Have a most excellent weekend. Next week we'll be adding Nova, Rowan and Erik!