FEN FUN

What a GREAT day! I slept in late. I let the boys sleep in, too. Connor and Ki were up and out on the computer before I was out of my room. Gavin and Manuel needed to be awakened. We have breakfast around 9. I read Pilgrim’s Progress and Psalms 23 to them.

We were out of the house by 10. We went to the Beavercreek Wetlands. I always just call it the fen, but the boys like to call it the wetlands.

I had recently purchased hand held microscopes.(Steve Spanlger Science) This was the first time we used the and the first time the boys had seen them. They loved them! They range from 60-100X and have a focus and a light source. Gavin was excited to see plant cells and see the cell walls. Connor saw a ‘worm’ in some wood. I wonder what it was. It was microscopic- not visible when he just looked naked eye. It was a great purchase. I even tried it out a few times. Manuel was quiet. Not really sad, just melancholy; deep in thought. He stayed on one of the benches about 1/5 the way through. We saw about 5 frogs. One was a big bull frog that I think was the big bullfrog from last year. The cat’s tails are coming up new and thee was a lot more green plants than last month. We are taking pictures every 2-3 weeks and comparing them to see how the fen changes through the spring and summer.

Then we stopped by Grammy’s to invite her to Burger King with us. Pappy was home, too, so he came. That was fun. It was me, my four boys, Grammy and pappy. We needed two tables. I was approached and told what a polite nice boy Connor is. He had to go ask for an extra chicken nugget and the lady that was up there said he was so polite and well behaved! What makes that extra nice to hear is the fact that he has Asperger’s Syndrome and he can have trouble with social situations.

Then Gavin went to Grammy’s house and worked in her yard. She paid him $30! too much…LOL. Even he told her next time he doesn’t want $10 an hour. Connor gets to work for her next time.

I dropped Ki off at drama rehersal and took Connor and Manuel to a children’s science museum. They had a tidal pool and Manuel got to pet starfish and sea anenomes and sea cucumbers. We took a walk outside and looked at plants and birds. We looked at the wild animals in the mini-zoo. Connor’s favorites are the otters and the bobcat.

When we picked Ki up from school we also brought Miguel home. Miguel is 9 and also a burn child from Honduras. Being Tuesday it is TACO NIGHT at my house. A evening where everyone eats a good meal and likes it!

We had to do wound cleaning and massages and garment dressings with both M boys. Brian took them outside and they say 3 different satellites in the sky!

And now for a BOATLOAD of pictures!