We had a great week! We went to the beach, played in the water and collected sea shells (and found a piece of coral SUPER COOL). There was a lot of discussion about marine life, so I think when we go back to library, we will be getting some books out about that. The kids were amazed to learn that coral isn't a plant, but more of an "animal" life form. We are all curious about the creatures that live in the shells we found, so we're going to google that info, now that we are back to the internet. Yeah... a week with mostly no internet access SUCKED. We also found 2 jelly fish that had washed up on the shore, dead. We poked it a bit with a stick, I'm not sure if they can "sting" you after they're dead or not, and were surprised at how solid it was. More rubbery than jelly like.
We went to Bass Pro Shops in the mall down there, as well. They have a HUGE fish tank in the back of the store. It had several species of fish in it, but we all liked the big puffer fish. Well, Max was amazed with all the fish. They were at least as big as him, but some were probably almost as big as me! The whole store was set up really educationally, if you ask me, with animal tracks indented into the floor, so the kids had a ball identifying them and then following the trail to the placard to see if they were right. Sophie was right about 99% of the time. Lil Man got the deer tracks right, which I'm not surprised. They go hunting with Gary quite a bit. There was also some fossil indents in the floor. The kids found a huge sea turtle one by the fish tank that they liked.
Mom had warned us about the lizards at her house. Sophie, being herself, decided to hunt them down. It wasn't too hard lol. On the warm days, they sun themselves on her back porch. I'm pretty sure they are just anoles, which I had one for a pet when I was Sophie's age. They're tame little things, friendly, and keep the bug population down. They also swim, we learned, as they are not afraid to jump in the pool with you =/ Sophie wanted to capture one to bring home as a pet, but we didn't have a little cage for it, so we couldn't. You can buy anoles online for a couple dollars though, and I wouldn't feel so bad about taking one from its natural habitat. I want to get Sophie some kind of creature to take care of, either a lizard, frogs, or chickens. The lizard or frogs would definitely be the least work! lol.
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