it's a bug's life.

hi.

how are you? great!

me? oh, just getting more pregnant by the day, dreaming about the day we'll have our house as the way we want it, and sucking down more coffee than i probably should.

summer was rough. really rough.  the best way for me to cope with the overwhelmingness (this is a jill word, btw) was the get out of the house and in the yard.

since we live in the sticks, we see all different kinda buggaroos. i love that my four year old knows the difference between a beetle and a stink bug. or that she can spot a stick bug faster than i can. and that she can surprise attack daddy with a supersoaker in a snow white dress.  love her.

thankfully, one of the gems i came across was called insectropolis. for all you wussies out there who hate bugs...this is not the place for you.  located in toms river, this is great for those of you with small kids who just happen to be visiting the seaside heights area. actually, it's not too far from the parkway...you can visit if you're passing by to go to other shore points.

believe it or not, this thirty year old, mother of two has a bug collection. true story.  i even took a pic of myself with it to prove that i didn't find this pic on google images.  this is what is left of about half my collection.

with my two kiddos, it took thirty minutes to walk through the entire museum. i opted out of the guided tour...attention spans will suffer. including mine!

 

goliath is an understatement.

for some odd reason, i was able to edit the photos below in iphoto so it wasn't sideways...but blogspot is failing to recogniiiize.  so suck it up and tilt your head.  

this was a neat display of honeybees doing what they do best: making honey.  the hive has a tube on the bottom that allows the worker bees to exit and enter the hive from outside.  

hungry?  they even have a snack bar.  kinda.

if you're local, check it out.  the kids will love it.  they do birthday parties, too.

and if you have giant european hornets building a basketball sized nest in the attic above your bedroom like we did, they even have extermination services.  no joke.  call them, they'll take care of business.  ozane pest control.  

if you live closer to philly, there is a sister bug museum called insectarium.  i have to admit that i have also been to this one. it's not as good as insectropolis, but they do have a gigantic, clear cockroach house which was pretty awesome.  you spray water over the edge and all the cockroaches run up the side and go to the water...and...oh, nevermind.

i'm a nerd.  i know.

hope everyone is doing well.  miss you all.

thanks for stopping by!

jill