WOW! Three posts in one day!! (Can you tell it's Christmas break?) I would just like to inform you all that my puppetry class was AMAZING in EVERY WAY!! So I recommend it to anyone and EVERYONE that feels the slightest inclination to join the class. Here is a hyperlink to my last *sniff sniff* puppet show that I created and performed. I hope you enjoy it!

"How to play Rock, Paper, Scissors"

MERRY CHRISTMAS FROM THE MONTE L. BEAN LIFE (death...) SCIENCE MUSEUM!

The top picture is the nativity scene that was on my to-do list. All those animals welcoming baby Jesus in the world! That must have been quite the stable! It really was beautiful, though.

I LOVE CHRISTMAS!!!

That picture is us in front of the nativity scene. I think it is such a funny picture because we had take two others before it and we looked like we had double chins. So we figured that if we stretched out our necks it wouldn't look like we had a double chin anymore.

Did it work...? You decide.

Anyway, because this blog is so accomodating, I have also included reference to Ms. Clavell's to-do list. She wanted to stick her head into the hippopotamus' mouth. AHHH! SHE'S BEING EATEN!!!

And of course, KTLN wanted to be next to her favorite animal: the giraffe!

OOOOOOOH!!! A TARANTULA!!!!

That's right. One of my things to do before I die is to hold a tarantula- like, a live one. I mean, a real, live tarantula- hold it in my hands- my actual hands! So the other day Ms Clavell and I went to the Bean Museum (my favorite place on EARTH!) to check out their nativity scene (another thing on my list). As we were waiting for KTLN to join us, we happened upon a museum show of Utah Animals. So we sat down and what did our eyes behold?!?!

THE DEMONSTRATOR SHOWING A TARANTULA!!

And I was all, like, totally, "I GOTTA DO THAT BEFORE I DIE!!!"

And then I got very scared because, see, I have a fear of spiders. NOT AS BAD AS IT USED TO BE! 'Cuz I lived in the basement for a number of years, and when you live down there you pretty much wake up to spiders and have to say:

"Hello Spider, how are you? Might I say how black your belly is looking? And how bright your eyes? Spider, have you lost weight? How is your mother and your eight million brothers and sisters that are also living in my basement bedroom?"

That's what you gotta say. It's just polite.

So I held the big 'ol spider- but guess what? It only had 7 legs!! I guess when it was molting, one of the legs just popped off! (I wonder what sound that made...) So of course I looked up Tarantulas and found this video about tarantula molting. I guess they leave behind their whole skin- like fur and all! So it looks like there are 2 tarantulas in the tank after it is done molting- but no, there is just one.

Molting video

That's just in case you want to look up the video- it's actually very interesting.

Now I'm not so afraid of spiders or tarantulas. Their feet felt sticky, but really it was their little sharp claws and all the fur on their feet.

Well folks, I recommend holding a tarantula if you get the chance. It's very informative and educational. Not scary at all! Well... my hands may have been shaking a little bit the whole time...