I was a chaperone for Andrew’s class field trip today. We went to the Stony Brook Audubon Sanctuary to learn about insects. It was pretty fascinating when the kids got to poke around in some pond muck and find some different insects. Andrew was very excited about this field trip and I think he was happy that I was able to go along. I had a nice time.
The kids did not find a lot of insects but they did find different things in the water. There were damselflies, dragonflies and more. I forget what stage they were in but they’ll be growing a bit more soon. We did not find any crayfish or tadpoles, though. It has been too cold for them so far this year. I couldn’t believe how many things the kids found. What I could believe was that each kid would say that they were the ones who caught whatever creepy crawlie our guide showed them.
Andrew and a classmate looking to scoop up little bugs from the pond muck, they were quite successful.
What a Dragonfly looks like in a younger stage of life.
We have been to Stony Brook a couple of times in the past. Once I took Andrew on his own when it was just the two of us all week long. I called them Adventure Fridays in tht happened four years ago to the day of this field trip. Another time we went as a family using our Audubon society membership.
I flew in from California this morning in time to get to my parents’ house to pick up Andrew. Today was Andrew’s field trip to the Capron Park Zoo. We went home and then walked over to the Zoo. We were there early and so Andrew got to run around and play on the playground before going into the zoo. It was really hot today. I had just left nice weather in San Diego (The locals would say it was too cold but I liked it. It was 93 upon returning home.
The zoo was a nice field trip. I missed it last year, I think because I was at the PBS Annual Meeting. Each of the kids received papers with all the letters of the alphabet and a clipboard. They had the task of finding something for every letter of the alphabet. It was a nice activity that made the trip to the zoo more than just looking at the animals. We ended up being there a day early for the new Red Panda. We’ll have to go back soon.
Tonight we went over to Bliss for dinner. They changed up the menu and I tried something a bit different. I ordered the breakfast burger. This was a burger on french toast with an egg and bacon. It was different but tasted great.
Before bed Andrew came in and he was so excited because he has his first wiggly tooth. I’m excited, too because Eva’s been losing teeth like crazy ever since she was 4 years old or so. This is Andrew’s first and he’s all happy, some of his classmates have already lost teeth and I know he wants to lose some too.
