Did you know "Guanaco's can spit distances of up to 6 feet. Guanaco's live in the deserts and forests of South (or souse) America." Ryan has been sharing these nuggets of information with me over the last few days. He can tell you an Asian Elephant from an African Elephant. He can tell you that "Giraffes are the tallest of the land animals...they have dark blue tongues." and so much more. Great to know wouldn't you say? He's becoming a walking encyclopedia, a ryanopedia of land animals.
More about Guanaco's http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guanaco
We bought the kids Leapster Explorers for Christmas http://www.leapfrog.com/explorer/
I had NO IDEA when people said they were educational games how much smarter the kids would be than me by February...I better tinker around with this thing after they go to bed for a bit and brush up on my land animals...
If they teach the kids that Guanaco's spit distances of up to 6 feet, is it possible that they may also teach that Howler Monkeys coax you to the bottom of the tree their sitting in, in order to pee on you. I'm really going to have to check this leapster out. I don't want to have to change the name of the blog to "no trying to spit distances of up to 6 feet...in the house" if it's outside I'd be ok with that, I'd probably compete. Or "no peeing off the stair railing on your siblings AND no climbing up trees to try and pee on your siblings, or anyone else for that matter"
It's possible my "No barking in the house!" mantra may be about to shift, luckily for me they seem to like playing giraffe and playing Giraffe is MUCH quieter than playing dog. All I'll have to do is stock up on lettuce and tuck it in the doors of the lower cabinets so they think they're reaching for vegetation...bittersweet the magic of leapfrog learning.
I'm going to encourage Giraffe, and discourage Guanaco, at least in the house...it's a lot damper and has a way higher eeewwww factor.
