Tag Archives: nature

I don’t like juice of beetles

A few weeks ago on a trip to the Boonshoft Museum of Discovery Yosi and I sat in on a show about stars in their awesome planetarium. Yosi thought it was great, especially the part where they take you on an … Continue reading

Posted in Education, Parenting | Tagged , , , | 3 Comments

Muncie Children’s Museum

The first Saturday after New Year’s Lyndie and I took Yoselin to the Muncie Children’s Museum in Muncie, Indiana. Our membership to Boonshoft got us in free and while the Muncie museum is definitely smaller and less polished than Boonshoft … Continue reading

Posted in Adventures in Parenting, Education, Outtings, Parenting, The Adventure of Life | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

Boonshoft Museum of Discovery

I recently took an entire week off work to relax, write, work with rare books and hang out with friends, which I like to imagine is what heaven is like except all the time and there would be dinosaurs and … Continue reading

Posted in Adventures in Parenting, Education, Outtings, Science and Nature, The Adventure of Life | Tagged , , , | 4 Comments

Green Machine

It has been an autumn for preying mantises. We’ve seen at least four so far, which is a lot for a such a well-camoflaged critter. If you’ve never watched a youtube video of a mantis catching a hummingbird or a … Continue reading

Posted in Adventures in Parenting, Education, Parenting, Science and Nature, The Adventure of Life | Tagged , , , | 1 Comment

Spiders everywhere!…except at the spider presentation

Early in September I took off work one morning to take Yoselin to a program at the local nature center about spiders. For some reason Lyndie wasn’t enthusiastic about taking part in this, so just the Bean and I headed … Continue reading

Posted in Adventures in Parenting, Education, Outtings, Parenting, Science and Nature, The Adventure of Life | Tagged , , , | 2 Comments