Friday, July 27, 2007
Tuesday, July 24, 2007
Madeline's big mouth
In costco today, Mads struck up a conversation with the lady who has putting our items into the cart. She's saying how old she is and that her sister is 2 1/2 and that she has a wart on her finger. True, but TMI.
Lord Help Us...
We were listening to the Annie soundtrack yesterday and Ms. Hannigan's "Little Girls" came on. Madeline said she was mean, and I said that she's just a drunk. Of course that demanded an explanation, and I said, "It's when you drink too much alcohol and act silly or mean." Madeline said, "ya, like when she pored her alcohol into the bathtub." Lola then says, "I don't pour mine in the bathtub." I said, "Pour your what?" Her response, "My wine...I drink it all up." And she does....she loves wine, and sangria, and vodka soda....sips of course, but she'd drink the whole glass if given an opportunity. Ugh.
Sunday, July 15, 2007
Friday, July 13, 2007
Good Manners
Today Maria told Lola...."You're getting so tall." Lola turned, looked at her and said, "Thanks."
Saturday, July 07, 2007
Harvesting Caterpillars
Madeline continues her foray into entomology. She's been collecting caterpillars that she finds in the house. Eeww, I know. So I did some research to see what a young caterpillar needs to grow into a butterfly. I found out that they are voracious, but picky eaters and each species of caterpillar only eats a specific species of leaf. Hmm. How to decide. So Mads just put some random leaves in the first time. The first one died. Catty # 2 was found and madeline decided to try some bougainvillea leaves. She was actually really observant and noted that the leaves had little holes in it, which she hypothesized was eaten by this particular caterpillar. This one died too, but not before it went from a whitish color to pink....bougainvillea infiltration I suppose.
But then I got grossed out. We went to the science center and saw an exhibit on Crime Scene Insects....bugs that help solve crimes. Cool, yes, but only until I realized that these caterpillars were really only larvae of some sort. Gross!