Daily Girl #54: Check This Out

Bug Anatomy By Avery

This week at Adventure Club we learned all about bugs. We learned about the bug anatomy. What I think is cool is that some bugs have compound eyes. A compound eye has plenty of lenses instead of just one. So if a bug looked at a leaf it would see plenty of leaves. Also their thorax is their main body and so is the abdomen. Their abdomen is mainly their stomach. Their thorax is where almost all of the muscles are. Another thing that I thought was cool was that beetles and roaches have a wing case. People might think that they don't have wings, but they really do! A wing case holds back their wings. All bugs have wings, some have four and others have two. I didn't know that butterflies had four wings, I thought they just had two simple wings. But I do know that flies and bumblebees have only two wings. One interesting thing about wings is that they don't have muscles in them. All of the muscles that helps them fly and crawl are in their thorax. They have no muscles anywhere else. Also I think that how bugs eat is cool. Butterflies have a cool way of sucking up nectar. They have a straw like thing that helps them suck up the nectar. A house fly eats leftover food scraps. How they eat is they have a sponge like mouth. It picks up food and water with the end of it's mouth then it spits it back up and then swallows it again. Mosquitoes suck up blood with these skinny and sharp things on the end of their mouth. A damselfly eats mosquitoes by using it's jaws. A leafcutter ant cuts up leaves and then lets mold grow over the leaves. Then it eats the mold. I love learning about bugs!

Daily Girl #54: Craft Corner

Pressing Leaves By Marney

1. Collect fall leaves in different shapes, colors and sizes.
2. Flatten and dry them over night between towels (or newspaper) and heavy books.
3. Old Method: Iron the leaves between two pieces of waxed paper.
New Method: Arrange the leaves on lamination paper and seal them.
4. Use your pressed leaves to decorate your house, make a leaf collection book or cut them out and use them for crafts.

Daily Girl #54: A Moment In History

A Moment In History: Attila The Hun By Connor

Attila the Hun was born in 406C.E, he was born in a part of Asia. His father was named Mundzuk and his mom's name is unknown. Attila's uncle Rugila,who was king of the Huns, died in 434 C.E. Rugila left the throne to Attila's brother Bleda and Attila. Attila and Bleda made deals with the Romans about hostages. They had many wars against the Romans and won most of them. Attila and Bleda were very scary from the Roman point of view.

Bleda and Attila waged war on mainly east Rome, but they also attacked west Rome. They were among Rome's worst enemies. Attila's empire included the country of Germany.
The Hunnic empire was very big and one of the many civilizations of barbarians in history. Attila the Hun and Bleda had been attacking Rome for many years.

Bleda died in a "hunting accident" arranged by his brother Attila in 445 C.E, Attila then ruled alone. Attila attacked Rome a lot. He took over much of the Roman empire. He never attacked the capital of Rome, which was called Constantinople. He captured Italy and because he scared away the residents of Italy, the residents founded the city of Venice.

He returned to his throne and he took a very short break from attacking Rome and Italy. Then he got a letter from the new west Roman ruler's sister. She said that she wanted to get away from her brother and she sent her own engagement ring to pay him. Attila the Hun mistook this for a sign that she wished to marry him.

He rode to west Rome and told the ruler that he wanted some of the empire as a wedding gift. The ruler was quite mad because his sister was going to marry one of west Rome's allies's leaders. Then there was a war with two armies against one. Attila, was not out numbered but he did only have one army. In the end Attila came out on top. Attila won the fight by killing one of the enemy's leaders. Days latter Attila died. Many think that he had choked on his own blood ,but others believe that he was killed by a traitor among his own men or that a Roman killed him. No matter which one is true, his own sons buried his body in a river bank. To this day no one knows where his body is. Attila the Hun is beleived to be realated to Gengis Khan.

Daily Girl #54: Question Of The Week

What is your favorite yoga pose and why?

Daily Girl #54: Fun Stuff

My Tie Dye Picture By Avery

Here is a picture that I like to call Tie Dye. I call it that because it looks like a tie dye shirt. How I did it is I colored the paper with soft pastels and then spread all of the colors around with my hands. Then I used oil pastels to make a target. I also folded the paper on the corners. It's my favorite picture I have ever drawn because it is really colorful.

Daily Girl #54: Special Announcements

Special Announcements By Avery

We hope that Nana and Gabe have a fun day on Gabe's alone Nana Day. Also I just got my ears pierced at Claires, in Bee Caves!

Daily Girl #54: Joke Of The Week

What did the alien say to the plant?

Take me to your weeder!

Daily Girl #54: The Zoo

Daily Girl #54: How The Garden Grows

How The Garden Grows:
Rain, Fall Garden and What's Blooming
By Gabe

We have been getting a lot of rain. It rains sideways here a lot. Our seeds sprouted because we got lots of rain. Today I checked the garden and one zucchini, some lettuce, a bunch of radishes and a bunch of broccoli have sprouted already. Also our jalapeno looks good because of the rain. My row in our garden is the carrot and radish row. That means I have to take care of that row by weeding it. I get to pick the vegetables in that row when they are ready to pick. My three favorite vegetables in our fall garden are carrots, radishes and lettuce. Here is some stuff that's blooming right now at our house: society garlic, pink and yellow roses, crape myrtle, butternut squash flowers, jack o lantern pumpkin flowers, orange honeysuckle, jasmine and portulaca. I like the honeysuckle the best because they have these cool orange flowers.

Daily Girl #54: Recipe of the Week

Cricket Cookies

Ingredients

2 1/4 cup flour
1 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. salt
1 cup butter softened
3/4 cup sugar
1 tsp vanilla
2 eggs
1 12-ounce chocolate chips
1 cup chopped nuts
1/2 cup dry- roasted crickets

Directions
1- Preheat oven to 375 F.
2- In a small bowl combine flour, baking soda, and salt. Set aside.
3- In a large bowl combine butter, sugar, brown sugar, and vanilla, beat until creamy. Beat in eggs.
4- Gradually add flour mixture and insects, mix well. Stir in chocolate chips and nuts.
5- Drop by rounded teaspoonfuls onto ungreased cookie sheet. Bake for 8-10 minutes.
6- Eat and enjoy!