Lady bug Lady bug and other stuff

We raised butterflies the past two years so we decided to mix it up a little this year and learn about the metamorphisis of a lady bug.  The lady bug container came and then I ordered the lady bug larvae. It took five days for the larvae to get here but to Sean it was at least a month. Then again Sean is still asking when his American Express card is going to arrive. He filled out an application on the airplane and I mailed it in for him but still no word. When Sean asked why he hadn't gotten the card in the mail I told him his application may have been denied because he is only five and doesn't have a job. He doesn't think that is fair. Alas, I digress back to the lady bug larvae. Sean is keeping a science journal. The larvae came in a a tube, most of them hanging on a piece of paper. I put the paper in the container and Sean pulled paper out flinging lady bug larvae on the carpet. Hence, his description that lady bugs like to escape. Fortunately we had a magnifying glass so we searched the carpet and hopefully got all the critters into their critter keeper.

We have to give the bugs two drops of water every two days.

Sean got accepted into the Chinese program at Jennie P. I really have mixed feelings about taking him out of Sunrise. He is doing so well there. Last week Sean had an appointment with the immunologist at Primary Children's. He had to get blood drawn. The child life specialist was making conversation with Sean (which kind of annoyed him because he likes to watch his blood be drawn). She asked Sean if he was in pre-school or kindergarten. He said kindergarten. She asked if his favorite thing at school was playing. He said "I like math, I like practical life and reading but mostly I like geography." The phlebotomist stopped, needle perched over his vein looked up at Sean and asked "what kind of school do you go to? He said, "I didn't learn anything like that in kindergarten." Last night when I was laying down with Sean he asked why we had bumps on our backs like dinosaurs. I told him they were vertebrae. He then asked what happened to the dinosaur. I told him we couldn't be sure because there were no people but it could have been climate changes or a star crashed into the earth. He then wanted to know who the first people on the earth were. I told him the Bible says it's Adam and Eve. He asked why we weren't born first. He then said that the white people came over from the red country (Europe is red on the puzzle at school) to the America's but the brown people didn't come because they didn't like boats. Funny little boy. I thought about telling him how we gave the Indian's small pox and stole their land but thought I'd save that until he's six.

I'm always interviewing really smart kids for the newspaper, Valedictorian's and winners of assorted scholorships and awards. I find they have several things in common; they play a musical instrument, usually the piano or violin, they speak a foreign language and they play with Lego's. On that note Sean started piano lessons the first of the month. He is really enjoying learning to play. His piano teacher is Matt, a college student who lives down the street.

Khloe came over to snuggle up to her great grandma.