Monday, March 3, 2008

Consider the Koala

Abigail has been studying Australia for the last couple weeks.  I have given her an assignment to design a poster with things she found most interesting about that country.  She found the koala fascinating.  For instance...

Out of a 24 hour period, the koala spends his time this way.

~ approx. 14.5 hours sleeping
~ approx. 4.5 hours eating
~ approx. 4.5 hours resting, but awake
~ approx. 4 minutes traveling

When Abigail shared this information with Rebecca, Rebecca said, "If Katherine were an animal, she would be a koala."

Well. O-kay.  (grin)

8 comments:

Anonymous said...

Well, I don't know about Katherine, but you could probably get me to sign up for the Koala thing on alot of days. Sounds like quite the life. 4 minutes traveling - wow! What must that be like?

Hope you're feeling better today. Missed you last night. Boom-whacking was a little free form with a creativity session, but as usual, they seemed to enjoy it. You'd think the newness would have worn off by now, but they seem to still think they're having great fun.

Barb said...

Very interesting. I think Rebecca's comment is very telling. By the way, LOVE the tulip pic. You're right, they're definitely my favorite sign of spring.

Genny said...

Hey, forget the sleep even. I could definitely go for 4 minutes of travel a day.

Melissa, the boomwhacker kids aren't going to want me back after they've had you for 2 weeks!

Paige said...

where do I sign up to be a koala? boomwhackers was interesting last night...but very fun!

Peas on Earth said...

Koala is my kind of guy!! :-)

I don't know about Boom-whackers, but don't you believe a word you hear about the Sign group running over and attacking each other last night ...

Genny said...

I leave you guys alone for one week...

Barb said...

Well the boomwhackers were freeform and the sign choir apparently got violent (according to Sharon's comment), but the chimes actually played MUSIC!!! They learned 2 whole songs. I was so proud!

Anonymous said...

I do think I might be a Koala Bear.
Do they still have them at the Ft. Worth Zoo? I know when Maggie was little and we lived in Grapevine, the Zoo had them on loan or something. It was a big deal too. Much to the dismay of all the folks coming to see them. All they did was eat, sleep and poop. Well, I do more than eat, sleep and poop...but at a snail's pace. Any Holmes in Buna for Redbud this weekend?