Eewww!

That about sums up how Parker and Noah felt about today's science lesson! I personally thought it was hilarious! As part of our bird study, I decided to buy an owl pellet dissecting kit. Sounds fun, right? Well, I guess that just depends on your idea of FUN! Believe it or not, my rough and tumble boys are far more squeamish than my delicate princess, Isabel. Okay, "delicate" may be pushing it, but she is a girly girl....right up until it's time to get messy and then she'll get down and dirty in heartbeat! She's the kid that's up to her elbows inside a pumpkin while the boys gag from across the room!!! I am not making this up! Parker had to be excused from a homeschool co-op science class on the day they made silly putty because the mother teaching the class thought he was going to throw-up!

Well, our little kit came with three owl pellets and a booklet. The boys were okay.......right up until I read the booklet......... and they realized that the owl pellet is regurgitated....not sure what they thought it was!

These looks are priceless!

Overall, the experience was..........interesting, or maybe entertaining would be a better word. I should have taped it so you could here the boys eeewwwwing and ucking, while Isabel said "I found another skull, I am such a lucky girl!" Still, not making this up, guys! I'm telling you, she was beside herself with excitement over a second skull in her pellet!

Yes, these would be those skulls!

These are prized possessions now and she wanted to show them to all her friends and unfortunately, to Daddy, during dinner! Let's just say, the boys come by their issue naturally, so I had to put the kibosh on that one!

Incidentally, Isabel is also the kid that kissed the frog (when she was 3) because someone told her it would turn into a prince....and the one that chopped up a millipede into a million pieces, just because....and the one that carried a GIANORMOUS snail across the street, in her HANDS, to show her grandparents what she'd found!

To his credit, Noah thought the skull he found in his was pretty cool too! Parker really couldn't get past his initial reaction. I think we can safely rule out pathologist, doctor, veterinary, chemist and the host of World's Dirtiest Jobs where that kid is concerned! Paul came home to find plates of fur and bones on the kitchen table....hmmmmm"what's for dinner, honey"?!!!!

Tomorrow, we get to identify all the pieces parts to see what exactly those barn owls were eating!

Yep! GOOD TIMES will be had by all!

Now, if you are thoroughly grossed out and wondering why you read this post, the title should have been your warning!