Xavier asked if he could play outside after supper tonight. I was reluctant since it looks like rain could come any minute now. I asked what he wanted to do out there and without hesitating he casually replied, "Well, I was gonna find a tree branch and lift weights or something because I'm not very strong yet." I had to laugh at the picture that popped into my head. And his desire to just be a boy compelled me to release him to the great outdoors.
After a few minutes he was calling me to the window to see a discovery he'd made. There was a whole family of earth worms living under a rock by the shed. They were all different sizes and pretty interesting to him. I realized that I had never really pondered where worms come from and how small a wormy starts out. Some were very tiny!
Not long after he called me again to see a caterpillar he'd found. I stroked it in his hand and commented on how still it was staying. I said, "I'm not sure this is alive Honey." He said, "I know. He suffocated." I asked how that happened. He said, "He suffocated in the spider web before I pulled him out." Eww! I touched that! (I took the picture before I heard the story)
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Spring time is such fun for boys, and little girls too. My kids love to rescue drowning worms from the sidewalks, have kept a pet caterpillar for months (we are pretty sure it is dead, not still hibernating now though)and float homemade boats in the creek. How good God is to make all this fun stuff for kids to discover. What fun little boys are! See you soon!!
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