While it is not really OUR library, there is a mighty fine library close enough for me to drive over there regularly. This week they had the Bugmobile stop by and the guy from the Insectarium in New Orleans came to show off some of his bugs. We went to see what he had.
Callie was excited to be there.
You can't see what's in his hand, but it is a large grasshopper.
While they were pretty cool to look at, they didn't hold the Black Widows or let us pet them. Thank goodness!
He did show us this tarantula, but no petting allowed. He said they have little spiny hairs on their legs that they can fling at you (aiming for the eyes, of course) and these things hurt and really itch. Petting the spider might cause it distress or fear, and that could lead to little hairs in kids' eyes and that would be bad. So no petting. Very cool to look at still.
We did not pet the scorpion either!
But the ginormous millipede was quite the popular fellow.
The kids really got a kick out of it. I even pet it!
Then Rylee got grumpy.
Then she got silly.
And she spread the silliness.
I love my kids!
1 comment:
That is super cool! I love it when the library does fun things for kids. Hooray! Plus, your kids are sooooo fantastic.
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