Caitlin & Christian were playing in the back yard (Caroline was asleep) and John was watching. He was leaning against the gas grill when he suddenly felt a very painful sting on his right hand/middle finger. He looked down and there was.......a wasp! John then realized that they were coming out of the grill. What would any good firefighter do in this situation? That's right....torch the wasps and their nest! So, he lit the grill and let it burn for a few minutes. I honestly think he was having way too much fun with it, but I hate wasps more than the average person, so I guess it was ok to go fire-crazy just this once. :)
After torching the majority of the wasps, he opened the lid and proceeded to remove the nest. It wasn't very big--about 2in x 2in---so he brought it inside to the table. He then got out his pocket tool set and dissected it for the kids. It was actually very interesting! John took out several of the baby wasps and was able to show the different stages of development. The 2 C's were completely amazed and hovered the whole time. Here are some pics from the little science lesson:
John's ouchy finger :(
What's left after John torched the nest and remaining wasps
The dissection
The different stages of development
What's left of the nest
3 comments:
Ok, first of all, ick! Second of all, those are the lessons the kids remember FOREVER! They will remember forever their daddy doing that in the kitchen and them getting to watch!
Wow, just thinking about it makes me get what I call the yucky chills. At the same time, I can't help, but say that is awesome! lol
I hate wasps with a passion but have to say that is pretty interesting. I bet the kids loved it!
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