We love Bugs! Did you know there are more than 20,000 different kinds of bees or that one kind of Australian cockroach sprays tear gas or that cicadas stay underground for 17 years before waking up or that fire flies aren't flies at all; they're beetles?? This weekend Domonic and I went to a great play and had a fabulous time learning about real bugs and watching all the kids in the Austin original musical Bugs! 
Domonic's favorite bug was Guido the assassin bug from Brooklyn while I really loved the delightfully long-winded and oh-so romantico Castilian Fly Zalamera.
So congratulations to the kidsActing kids! Ya'll were great!
On one especially sunny afternoon, Domonic and I were fortunate enough to get a tour of the lovely Sunshine Gardens, a large community garden. Our tour 
guide was the knowledgable Ila Falvey. The beautiful plots there are filled with fruits, vegetables, flowers and plenty of buzzing little insects and Domonic and I were filled with questions. "What kind of plant is that?" "How many seeds does it have?" "How long does it take to make compost?" And Ila answered them all. The part that tickled us the most (literally, those
chickens will nibble on your fingers!) was the chicken coop. Chickens eveywhere! They ate right from our hands and flapped and danced all around us. I knew that chickens produced white and brown eggs, but who knew they came in hues of green and blue as well?! But after all that time in the blazing sun, we needed something special to cool us off. A couple of root beer floats sure did the trick!! 
Austin Children's Museum has a great exhibit going on now and it's all about air: it's the Air Fair! There's a vortex of air that swirls, tubes that will suck objects in and spit them out who knows where (across the other side of the museum it turns out), and fans that will turn you into a superhero. You can even make music with air! All of this in addition to the usual cool stuff to do. Austin Children's Museum was, as always, a breath of fresh air! 
