We picked these up at the 99 cents store not to long ago so that we could grow our own bugs in some bowls in our kitchen...
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Josiah was super stoked... He kept asking, "Where the bugs? There no bugs in this water! Where the bugs Mama?"
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I love to use these kinds of things to give the kids a fun opportunity to practice their patience...
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We tell the kids that "practicing their patience" means to "wait joyfully."
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So they sat at that table... and stared into those bowls... and stared some more...
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And some more...
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And after much "joyful waiting," we got ourselves a handful of "bugs."
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