Uncle Miltons Ant Farm
(ants sold separately )
For a small sum of cash, plus shipping and handling, Uncle Milton promises to mail your ants, when the weather is permissible for shipping in your area.
Needless to say, Dylan has learned the virtue of patience. Back in the thick of winter, we would hear "Are my ants coming today?" all. day. long. Sometime mi-March, he gave up.
Well, a few weeks back, the glorious day finally arrived! A delightful little cardboard box of Uncle Milton goodness came addressed to Dylan.
It actually caught us by surprise!
Tim spent the morning with the kids putting it together. They really were quite fascinating to watch.
It's hard to pinpoint exactly when their troubles began.
Perhaps it was when Stella took the lid off and tipped it on its side.
Perhaps it was the "earthquake" Dylan keeps talking about... referring to when he brought them to pre-school, and 18 little kids passed them between themselves, some tipping them side to side.
Perhaps it was the piece of of ham that Tim lovingly slipped them from his dinner plate.
Perhaps it was a combination of all of these events.
Regardless, after 1 week all of the ants were dead.
And after one more week, Dylan finally accepted this fact....and stopped trying to persuade us that one was moving, or that they were sleeping or taking a break.
So, this past weekend, Sydney and Dylan overturned rocks and caught a new batch of ants the old- fashioned way.
Sadly, they are now all deceased as well. Perhaps these less civilized ants would have appreciated my casserole.
Good thing we are still awaiting the tadpoles he sent away for!
1 comment:
LOL! We did the tadpoles a few years back - I was VERY excited. Much more so than the girls. And they were dead within a week or two. Good luck with them!
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