Oh, now we LIKE spiders, heh?
Ethan got a bonafide bug jar last week and in it he has collected 4 spiders, a beetle, a rolly polly, and a butterfly. Until today. When my girly senses got the best of me and I let the butterfly out before the spiders ate it.
Ethan wailed when I did it. I didn’t know he would react that way! I tried to explain that I’ll gladly help him catch a fly but I REALLY like butterflies and I can’t sit by and let it get devoured.
Chris came home, and Ethan TOTALLY tattled on me.
“Dada, this is something TRULY sad: Mama let the butterfly out. And so now, the spiders will die.”
Hey- they die when we flush em down the toilet too! He’s totally fine when THAT happens! Sheesh.
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I can’t believe he tattled on you. Didn’t you teach him that butterflies are more valuable than spiders
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CJL
I can’t believe it either! I THOUGHT I had taught him properly, but like everything else, he clearly has his own opinions about these things!
Hey, how about the circle of life? Maybe Ethan was feeding his spiders – his pets. At least it seems like he’s overcome his fear of spiders.
ugh you are totally a great mom for letting him keep bug jars…oh how I look forward to saying no to those things lol.
lol, you say that now- but I bet when the twin boys who have your heart wrapped tightly around them show extreme excitement and interest in the crawly things in the backyard, you’ll bend over backwards to see that excitement again and again! lol
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