Outsects

Last night Miles and I (and the rest of the fam too, I guess) were watching disc 3 of Planet Earth (thanks Netflix!) and for those who have seen it, we were watching the part with the spider that lives inside the pitcher plants. For those who haven't seen it, this particular spider lives inside a pitcher plant and waits for insects to get caught and drown at which point he drops down, grabs the bug and sucks out the juices. Anyway, Miles asked what the spider was doing and I basically told him that spiders eat insects.
He says, "Insects? What about Outsects?"

I had to laugh because I had never really thought about the etymology of insect that way before.

Scotty B

"The most wasted of all days is one without laughter." - e e cummings

It's A Girl!

Ella Lea Breitbach
Born August 28, 2008 at 11:59pm
7 lbs 14 oz, 21" long.

Almost there.

Drs. are going to induce labor tomorrow morning. Our appointment is at 0630. We're both ready, but I'm pretty sure some of us are more ready than others:



Oh, and Miles had his first day of pre-school last Thursday:



Scotty B

"Adventure is just bad planning." - Roald Amundsen

Q-stick?

Miles told me yesterday that I look like a Q-stick. I think he meant a Q-tip. Must be time for a haircut.

Oh well, here's some more pictures of Miles:

"There are two kinds of people, those who finish what they start and so on." - Robert Byrne

Pre-school

Quick post: Miles had his orientation for pre-school tonight. He starts on Thursday and will be going in the mornings twice a week on Tuesdays and Thursdays.

On a completely unrelated note, here's some pics from when we went to Adventureland this summer:

"Start every day off with a smile and get it over with." - W. C. Fields

Four-wheelin'

Here's some pics from back in mid-June of Miles riding four wheelers with his Papa and his aunts:



Scotty B

"The squeaking wheel doesn't always get the grease. Sometimes it gets replaced. - Vic Gold

Caribou, not just good for coffee anymore...

Today I received this email from Beth:

Miles was telling be about how the wolf eats the caribou and drinks the blood. He wants to eat a caribou. It was very cute.... I told him there weren't any around here, and we eat cow instead, put we cook the cow before we eat it. He said "yeah we do!" ;)

For a little back story on this, last week we watched disc one of the incredible BBC documentary Planet Earth. One of the episodes had wolves hunting down and eating caribou. Although the part about drinking the blood may actually be from last weeks episode of Nova Science Now when they discussed medical uses of leeches.

Scotty B

"Education is the ability to listen to almost anything without losing your temper or your self-confidence." - Robert Frost