Backyard Fun

Last night the girls found some grasshoppers while playing outside. They ran in to grab their bug barns and their insect book. They captured one grasshopper each.




They loved watching them move about. They read that grasshoppers are herbivores, so they ran around collecting grass and leaves to feed them.

They loved watching them so much that they didn't want to let them go at the end of the day...


...but they did.

They said goodbye and told them they'll see them again another day.




We had another visitor, too....

Today, the girls learned about lacrosse, the oldest known sport in North America. They had fun practicing throwing and catching with the lacrosse stick. It definitely requires good hand-eye coordination!!

Before going outside, we watched some how-to videos on YouTube to learn the proper way of catching and throwing. Then the girls tried it out and had a blast. They LOVED it. They wanted to keep playing in the house when it got too dark outside....but I don't think so!!!!