Was it just last summer that I heard Hannah say, "BROCK, COME HERE AND KILL THIS BUG!"???? And was it just a few weeks ago that Hannah yelled from the bathroom, "MOMMY!! PPPLLLLLEEEEEEAAAAASSSSSSSSEEEEEEEEEE COME KILL THIS SPIDER!"????
Well, she is quickly overcoming her fears of small creatures of God. And I have proof!
Yep, you're seeing what you think you're seeing...caterpillars all over her hand. She has built a "caterpillar nest" for all her new friends in our backyard with sticks, grass and "special leaves" that they love to eat in record time. Our science lessons have moved to the caterpillar world these days and she's loving it! She has even convinced Emma to hold them. And that reminds me of the "rest of the story" after I took these photos.We had come inside, washed hands with warm water and lots of soap, and were eating dinner. A few minutes into our meal, Emma kept saying, "care-pil-uh, care-pil-uh". I was standing at the sink when I heard Brent say, "Hannah, grab that caterpillar off Emma's arm!" Sure enough, Emma was trying to tell us that a caterpillar was crawling down her sleeve. Needless to say, the kids thought it was soooooooo funny.
I guess tomorrow we'll stop by the library and return our space books for caterpillar books. Don't get me wrong, we're still looking at the planets. But dark is coming later and later so we need something to keep us busy until fall.
Oh, I almost forgot...Hannah also has some earthworms in a bug container...unless they crawled out through the holes...but that's another story!
3 comments:
Wow! I'm so proud of Hannah! It's great that she is overcoming her fear of things. Nevertheless, you will not catch Uncle Tony with caterpillars all over his hand, so she braver than me!
One of our teachers sent off somewhere and got Monarch butterfly caterpillars. She had a tall, skinny net thing she hung from the ceiling of her classroom she housed them in and her class had the best time watching them through their life cycle. If you do this you will need a milkweed plant as that's all they eat. It is pretty cool.
Joe
Hey - I'm so in awe... I didn't really even know what a blog was (haven't had time to surf the net) but here you are with an awesome family page-full. Can you email me your mailing address? We want to send your family a graduation announcement. Kennan is getting ready to head up to UMHB - seems impossible!! I love the great pics & notes! Sharon in Texas
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