Hubby goes on a mosquito fest...er, field trip!

I thought it would be cool for Hubby to chaperone Son1's field trip to the Lyons Arboretum. So I signed him up. The arboretum is a botanical garden that specializes in woody plants and is part of the University of Hawai'i. It is one of the few accessible rain forests on this island, is about 200 acres large, and averages 165 inches of rain a year. Hubby called it a mosquito fest. It was hot, muddy, and buggy. He was slightly annoyed when he got home. The coolest things he saw:

1. Leaf skeleton- Bugs eat the entire leaf and just leave a skeleton of the leaf when they are done.
2. Popping leaf pod-The leaves pop and seeds go everywhere.
3. Planting a sunflower with Son1.


Hubby was a good chaperone, though. The preschool teacher even wrote me a note and sent a huge mahalo my way for all of Hubby's help. Oh, he was so nice. He even took some pumpkin cookies I made, and shared them with the teachers.