This past Friday the boys enjoyed inventing their own bugs. We hope to get the pictures scanned in soon, but here's what the boys have written about their bugs:

The Big Bug

My bug’s name is John. He is ten feet tall. He has poison hooks on his tail. He will be very strange because he only has one eye. He lives in Jupiter’s big red spot because this is how he gets his poison. When the kids come out, then they are the same as the Mommy. They do not have different stages. He comes to our world to eat metal, fish, and paper and wood and plastic. He has to fight aliens at Jupiter. They try to eat him but they die because the poison makes them die. Ha ha ha ha! He is scary. by Pete Noble

Turryrusya
In my picture is a bug named Turryrusya. He lives in the forest and desert. He eats beetles and insects. He catches them by using his pinchers at the bottom and stretching them to put them in his mouth. His head and his thorax and his abdomen are about 5 ½ inches long. His wingspan is about 9 inches. His legs are just under 4 inches long. His back legs are the shortest but they are the strongest. When he’s born he looks like a lizard with no feet. He stays in one place under a tree. He has poison on his abdomen and very, very bright colors at the bottom that will shine in his enemies’ eyes. His enemies are badgers and wolves and bears and hawks. He is one of the biggest bugs in the world, which makes me scared and nervous. by Nate Noble