Swimming lessons

I've just graduated from my Sea Turtle class today, so now i'm officially a Salamander. Starting on Saturday i'll be having lessons again with my friend ethan - he's missed out on the last set of lessons with Chris. Chris is definitely my favourite swimming teacher i've ever had.

Today i managed to blow bubbles for five seconds, i went right underwater looking for fish, i floated on my back for three seconds all on my own, and THEN....i started kicking and i was swimming all on my own. After about five seconds i realised chris wasn't holding me and i started sinking, but i was doing great until then :)

that's what they do

investigating the underneath of rock in the back yard: the damp dirt reveals the expected combination of ants and wood louse.

dad: "there's a worm with lots of little worms"
joel: "that's what worms do"

dad couldn't argue with that and made a mental note to check up on how hermaphrodites reproduce.

is this the precursor to the birds and the bees?

joel then watches "the magic school bus" and is treated with an amazingly detailed and visual account of how a hen lays an egg with full internal pictures. they hinted at the rooster's part in the operation, but declined to show it.

i guess we're lining up for an investigation of a beehive sometime this summer??

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with thanks to the chillis for their autobiographical funk-rock piece: "good time boys"