Me & my girls
Hadley with a face painting from one of Dr. York's students (one of my favorite professors). He quickly pointed out his student's error. This lady bug has too many legs. Oops. :)
Imogen proudly showing off her face painting next to the sheep.
Imogen touching a common arthropod, a lobster
Tatumn holding her favorite bug, a millipede
Hadley or Imogen (not sure which) holding a tobacco horn worm. They're one of my favorites, too.
Goodbye, Bug Bowl! We hope to see you next year!
Oh, how I've missed this most special event! I love, love, love the Bug Bowl/Spring Fest at Purdue! I love it so much, that I had contemplated making a special trip from Florida to bring the kids in years past. It's a great time with so many fun activities for adults and children. Hadley got to fence and she's just been dying to do this for some time now. She also milked a cow. The girls held many types of bugs. Hadley got picked to be a jockey for a roach race, Imogen ate cricket brownies, I entered a cricket spitting contest, and Tatumn had fun returning to all of the activities that once inspired her to grow up and become an entomologist and she still loves the sciences and I'm convinced the Bug Bowl is why. So, so much fun. The weather even ended up being so very gorgeous. For as long as we can, and whenever we can, we will always come back to the Bug Bowl because the kids AND parents have a blast doing things they normally would not be able to do and inspires kids to take an active role in learning and maybe best of all is that it's cheap!
4 comments:
A cricket spitting contest?
Um, yeah, freeze-dried crickets placed in you're mouth and then you spit em' as far as you can. I think mine only traveled about 10 feet. Not a record holder here.
I mean, *your* mouth. :) Well, not your mouth, I'm sure, but mine!
Looks like you guys had a Great time. I bet the kids just loved it. I can remember when we went down for this event. Lots of fun!!
ym
Post a Comment