This morning we began our first day of school, already behind schedule a bit, but taking it in stride.  Suddenly, Little Man looked out the sliding glass door and said, "Mama!  There is a HUGE bug outside!"

Indeed there was!  A cicada (click to see wikipedia's great page on them -- they even have a movie on an adult molting) was on the patio, so we scooped it into our bug catcher and brought him in.  Darling Daughter declared him "too disgusting" to draw, while Little Man gleefully went to work.  (I'm so glad I have a kindred spirit in him, as he thinks the bugs we find are cool too.)  We gladly rearranged our morning schedule to do a little Nature Study, especially when we went out a little later to release Mr. Cicada and found another critter with a name that begins with C... (go to Part 2).