Happy Labor Day weekend Everyone! Today I took the boys out to the Lakeside Lab in Okoboji to see the Big Bugs exhibit. Grandma and Grandpa Umscheid came with, but Jeff missed out on the fun since he went to a motorcycle rally with his buddies in Soldier, Iowa. It was a beautiful day to be out and about in nature! All of the bugs in this Big Bug exhibit are made out of sticks or parts of trees...they are big and they are beautiful! We saw 3 ants, a praying mantis, a lady bug, a spider in it's web, an assassin bug, a grasshopper, and I know we saw one other bug, but I can't think of what it was! While walking to all the different bugs, we also got to see a real caterpillar, a real grasshopper, a real locust (sp?), and a girl who had found a turtle and let us see and touch him! What a morning! We ended with lunch at DQ and ice cream for dessert!! Now it's nap time and I think I may take advantage of the time and sneak one in myself too!
