We were all set (meaning it was on my calendar!) to go to this event called Creepy Crawlers. Then I got an email a couple of days ago and we went from participants to presenters in a matter of minutes!
We were so happy to represent our local beekeepers association at this event. We took an observation hive to the Native Plant Center. The boys and I spoke to about 40 youth and their parents about the importance of bees and how a hive works. It was so much fun! We were also given little insect collectors, so I sent the boys into their butterfly garden to collect some bees to look at under the magnifying glass. I was surprise to find Brendan (3yo) right along with the older boys. He got a nice specimen that we were able to use. Henry got the prize bee however...it had full pollen sacs! So cool!
The boys could not resist going around to the other stations at the event. When things started slowing down at the end of the day, they got to explore. There were our favorite "Friends of the Forest" group with the snakes. Then a insect spot for Sean, along with a hike through the woods to hunt for insects. They had a worm station and arts & crafts (which Brendan loved!). Then the snack station with ants on a tree cookie...walking sticks...gummy worms...and more!
Brendan came back from the arts & crafts table with a lady bug headband, a stick decorated to look like a snake and a butterfly book. Our little self-proclaimed genius read his book to me and it was so cute! He even started with the title and author (not sure what he said for his first name but used our last name...so he must have a pen name!). The story was all about insects...mainly honey bees and butterflies...the bee was not nice to the butterfly and the dragon fly had to tell the bee to be nice!
Sean and Edward came back from the hike showing off their spiders and butterflies! Henry spent the rest of his time with the snakes. I sat and told stories about our bee adventures to the college helper.
A great time was obviously had by all! And we even got to get Zaira's 12-week butterfly picture! She does not look very happy in the picture but I think it is because there is a monkey on her sleeper...she has a monkey on her bouncer and she hates it! One day when she is older she is going to tell people she hates monkeys but does not know why...I will have to remember that the monkey annoyed her. LOL!
Here is a better picture of our happy girl!
We were so happy to represent our local beekeepers association at this event. We took an observation hive to the Native Plant Center. The boys and I spoke to about 40 youth and their parents about the importance of bees and how a hive works. It was so much fun! We were also given little insect collectors, so I sent the boys into their butterfly garden to collect some bees to look at under the magnifying glass. I was surprise to find Brendan (3yo) right along with the older boys. He got a nice specimen that we were able to use. Henry got the prize bee however...it had full pollen sacs! So cool!
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