Ants in my…

Ants in my…house! 

We have an ant farm.

Correction: Corbin has an ant farm that he got for his birthday and his live ants arrived today.

There was an air of frenzy and excitement that was palpable as we were preparing the ant farm.  Corbin had been waiting for weeks for these ants to arrive and he was beyond happy when they came.

The ant farm had to be prepared before the army of insects could live there.

There’s a tiny slot at the top where the sand had to be meticulously poured.  It felt like it was one grain at a time going in; which is why Corbin and Daddy were doing this part.

While the sand was being poured the ants were chilling out (literally) in the refrigerator.  This puts the ants into a calm state so that they were easily poured into their new home.

Corbin is obviously thrilled to be getting them out.

Here go the ants into the farm…. 

and there went some ants out of the farm.

If you think the slot was tiny for sand, it was obviously a bit more difficult to pour the ants in without some spillage. 

Needless to say, I just stared at the ants laying on my counter knowing I was NOT going to scoop them up.  That’s again why Daddy was on the job

Then we sat and watched them as they woke up from their fridge induced coma. 

Corbin would announce when an ant was doing the “shiver wake up dance”. 

Pretty soon they were up staggering around and exploring their new home.

It was fascinating watching them work.

Today, they have made two tunnels and carried sand up to the top part of their farm. 

I know you are on the edge of your seats so I’ll be updating you with pictures of the changes every now and then.

Now don’t think this ant farming business is all fun and games.  These ants have to be watered every 2 days with a few drops of water AND have to be fed weekly 2-3 pinhead sized pieces of whatever food is laying around.  I know, it’s more work than you thought, isn’t it?  Just keep that in mind before you run out and get your own