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August 20, 2007

Afternoon Delight

I'm not sure why, when I'm focusing on adding beauty and art in my home, that my afternoon is spent like this:

Observing Chelsea's pet turtile, Skittles, in his new boxed habitat created by older brother Corey:

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Feeding him...

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worms dug-up from under the fig tree!

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Giving Skittles a bath...

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Running through the sprinkler because it's hot and summer is not nearly over yet.

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And finding something swimmingly EEK!!! inside the watering can:

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Do you see them?  Those little squiggly exclamation marks?

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Yep! that's right! Seems we've "hopped" right out of tadpoles in the neighboring ditch and got us some good ol' mosquito larva brewing in the backyard watering can.   But they aren't as cute as tadpoles and we've been told to get rid of all standing water.  So, even though it's gross and weird, we're homeschoolers.  We only see that it's grossly, weirdly "educational".

I don't think you can view them that well but they are in there, popping around like popcorn kernels, twisting and lurching left and right.

Into a jar they go...for observational recording and educational study purposes, ya know:

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Besides, we have a turtle named Skittles to feed!

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It might not be beautiful, but it's all true and, being ordained by God, it has to be good.

Posted at 07:35 PM in 2007-2008 Curriculum Plans, Education, First Day of School, Nature Study |

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molly mcgovern

Looks like a fun day to me!

Posted by: molly mcgovern | August 20, 2007 at 08:13 PM

Mary G.

Sounds perfectly lovely -- and I don't "do" nature too well! Good for you to realize that one man's "ewww" is a little girl's pet!

Posted by: Mary G. | August 20, 2007 at 08:48 PM

Theresa

Sounds awesome to me! Did you get a chance to look at those babies under a microscope? Up close they look like some kind of horror-movie monster.Very cool!

Posted by: Theresa | August 20, 2007 at 10:14 PM

MaryM

My kind of beauty. Looks like everyone had fun.

Posted by: MaryM | August 21, 2007 at 02:54 AM

Amy

Well, your girls and the turtle are beautiful, at least! ;-) I'm not so sure about mosquitoes...

Posted by: Amy | August 21, 2007 at 06:13 AM

Maria Ashwell

Very Good!

Posted by: Maria Ashwell | August 21, 2007 at 07:55 AM

Jennifer

It is lovely, Cay! Do you know what it reminds me of? Eight Cousins and Rose in Bloom by LM Alcott. This day is one that Uncle Alec would have planned!

Posted by: Jennifer | August 21, 2007 at 08:54 AM

Theresa ♥

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder and Skittles looks pretty beautiful to me. What a fun way to spend the day Cay.

Posted by: Theresa ♥ | August 21, 2007 at 11:45 PM

Melissa Wiley

Cay, I just love this. :) It's such a treat to glimpse a day in your family's life.

Posted by: Melissa Wiley | August 23, 2007 at 12:49 PM

Suzanne Temple

I love this, Cay. What a great way to spend an afternoon.

Posted by: Suzanne Temple | August 24, 2007 at 05:30 AM

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