Add That to the List

An Ant Farm. Add that to the list of things I never thought I'd have in my house. On purpose.

This is one of those things I could have easily skipped out on. I really was not excited about
spending $20 for this school activity. I am so glad I didn't skip it! Our ants came in the mail
a few days ago and we had them in their habitat right away. Even The Officer got in on the fun!

(P.S. did I mentioned I'm homeschooling this year?)

Poking a hole for the initial tunnel.

 

We're ready for ants!

 

Loading the ants. Not to worry, we cooled them down
in the fridge for a bit first so they weren't too feisty.

The kids enjoyed a couple of them who kept trying to climb back up the tube.

These little guys are fascinating! (Or should I say girls? Most of the worker ants are girls,
and I haven't exactly flipped them over to see what we got!) They have been hard at
work from day 1 building tunnels and hills. There are so many lessons to be learned
from the hard-working ants. I highly recomend this activity.

If you're interested in purchasing an ant farm, I would recommend heading to Hobby Lobby
or Mardel when you have a coupon. I was going to borrow from a friend,
but the cost to re-order ants is almost as much as buying the ant farm/ants the first time.