I have been working really hard on my bug collection just like Breighton. I was so excited to find out I had to have at LEAST 10 and not just 10! I was having such a hard time fiddling it all down.
Our bug obsession rolled into Home Depot with a bug cage kids build!
My final collection easy to go to the state contest.
We spent the afternoon worth with our io moth caterpillars. We relocated them to a better hatchery and changed out the leaf litter and gave them new branches. We did let a few of the smaller ones go since we don’t need so many.
The owls are getting bigger. They have ear tufts now too!
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We spent the 3rd of July watching baseball and fireworks with family. It was a fun night and a great fireworks show.
ON the 4th we used up the rest of the fireworks from a few years ago. Many were duds due to humidity but most worked. It was all stuff that stayed not he group like smoke balls, snakes and poppers.
I don’t enjoy loud noises so I wore hearing protection.
These things were cool but I like the old pull string confetti shooters better.