Saturday, June 14, 2014
Friday, June 13, 2014
Meet Skinny
This is Skinny. He's an American Toad.
The Chipmunk's Dad found Skinny underneath the water plate in the front yard. Apparently he got in there to hibernate (with a few of his friends) and then couldn't get out in the spring. He was the only survivor. I don't have a picture from when we first brought him in, but he was so emaciated that you could see through his skin. Poor guy.
The Chipmunk wanted to take care of him by himself, so we did a little research and made him a chart so that he would know exactly what needed to happen every day.
One of the things on his chart is to read or learn a little bit about toads every day. We quickly expanded that to mean amphibians and it's been a fun couple of weeks reading everything we can find!
Frog Anatomy, anyone?
Skinny was renamed today....he's now called Bigger and he'll be going back to his toad habitat in the yard this weekend!
The Chipmunk's Dad found Skinny underneath the water plate in the front yard. Apparently he got in there to hibernate (with a few of his friends) and then couldn't get out in the spring. He was the only survivor. I don't have a picture from when we first brought him in, but he was so emaciated that you could see through his skin. Poor guy.
The Chipmunk wanted to take care of him by himself, so we did a little research and made him a chart so that he would know exactly what needed to happen every day.
One of the things on his chart is to read or learn a little bit about toads every day. We quickly expanded that to mean amphibians and it's been a fun couple of weeks reading everything we can find!
Frog Anatomy, anyone?
Skinny was renamed today....he's now called Bigger and he'll be going back to his toad habitat in the yard this weekend!
Saturday, June 7, 2014
Chipmunk in the next room: "MOM!!! NEVER FEAR!!!"
Mom: "uh-oh, what should I not be afraid of?"
C: "There will be NO MORE EMERGENCIES! THE RESCUE BOTS HAVE TAKEN CARE OF ALL OF THE LAVA"
M: (internal monologue) oh crap. Are we talking pretend lava? Does he mean playdoh? He calls that cherry jello magma, how am I going to get that out of the carpet? Is he on the carpet or the hardwoods? Man.......ants. That stuff is NOT sugar free. We are going to have SO many ants.
Mom's outside voice: Hey, that's great! Thanks rescue bots! How did they take care of it? Do they need help cleaning it up?
C: "MOM!! They just pretended. Don't worry."
Mom: "uh-oh, what should I not be afraid of?"
C: "There will be NO MORE EMERGENCIES! THE RESCUE BOTS HAVE TAKEN CARE OF ALL OF THE LAVA"
M: (internal monologue) oh crap. Are we talking pretend lava? Does he mean playdoh? He calls that cherry jello magma, how am I going to get that out of the carpet? Is he on the carpet or the hardwoods? Man.......ants. That stuff is NOT sugar free. We are going to have SO many ants.
Mom's outside voice: Hey, that's great! Thanks rescue bots! How did they take care of it? Do they need help cleaning it up?
C: "MOM!! They just pretended. Don't worry."
Friday, June 6, 2014
Tuesday, May 27, 2014
We're off to see the Lizard!
Chipmunk: MOM!!! What ARE you doing?!?
Me: I saw a little lizard run off, so I was looking for him.
Chipmunk: Did you really see him? Was he a green lizard?
Me: Well, I'm not sure. I just saw him run off. Didn't really get a good look.
Chimpunk: I think it was a green lizard. It was the Lizard of Oz. Let's go see him.
Me: I saw a little lizard run off, so I was looking for him.
Chipmunk: Did you really see him? Was he a green lizard?
Me: Well, I'm not sure. I just saw him run off. Didn't really get a good look.
Chimpunk: I think it was a green lizard. It was the Lizard of Oz. Let's go see him.
Wednesday, April 30, 2014
Labyrinth for the preschool set
He walked this for 45 minutes. 45 minutes, people. That's nothing short of a miracle around here!
Tuesday, April 22, 2014
Ocean study
With a trip to the beach always comes a couple of weeks of ocean study!
We spent some time looking at the levels of the ocean; my favorite is the lantern fish he asked me to draw in the abyss, next to the underwater vent.
Tick Tock Sharks helped us work on telling time:
Reading and spelling!
Then of course, there was the actual ocean, but somehow I didn't get any pictures of that!
We spent some time looking at the levels of the ocean; my favorite is the lantern fish he asked me to draw in the abyss, next to the underwater vent.
Tick Tock Sharks helped us work on telling time:
Reading and spelling!
Then of course, there was the actual ocean, but somehow I didn't get any pictures of that!
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