A few Saturday moments

One baby praying mantis on the computer is kinda strange.

Two baby praying mantis' on the computer is looking a bit suspicious.

Six baby praying mantis' on the computer is extremely interesting and amusing!

No idea where they kept popping out of, but happened over the space of about 3 hrs and just as we'd take one outside another would appear (we had 3 at once at one stage). When we went in close to investigate they came running over and peered at us in a fighting position. When Nathan danced to the music they moved from side to side lol.

After discovering the mouse hole yesterday next to the computer and the praying mantis' today it's all a little weird.

We copied an idea of Steph's Ordinary Life Magic and made crayon shavings with the pencil sharpeners and rolled clean jars in them. The sun was not warm enough to melt the wax onto the glasses so I popped them into the oven...oops, shouldn't get on the computer for 20mins though since they only needed a few. Fortunately they were saved and didn't set the smoke alarm off.



Before shots - forgot to get the afters.

Nathan's had an interest in Mt Everest for a couple of years now and today I was able to tell him another interesting fact that Mt Everest continues to grow about 6cm every year. We did a bit of googling and found out about the several ways that mountains are measured (from the base to the peak (for those that start under the ocean), from sea level to the peak or from the centre of the earth to the peak) - and there is a difference between the tallest and the highest mountain. Interesting.

He then got out his book on trains and we had a good look through that for a while. He's fascinated with the high speed trains that travel through Europe.

Nathan disappeared down to his room this afternoon and came out with the 3 paper airplanes that the Dangerous Book for Boys had instructions for folding.

This afternoon was spent in the sandpit again while I planted out a couple of grape vines which the kids helped me with.