Some girls like dolls and other girls play dress-up. My girls? They dig up pill bugs and then save them in a cup. And they collect grasshoppers and store them in a real bug catcher toy from target. And then they leave them around the house. Lucky me.
I really thought having only girls I would never have to worry about finding bugs around the house or cleaning up from bug digs. I was a girly girl. If I dug in the dirt it was to plant flowers, seeds or bury a treasure that I hoped to find many years later. I still had black dirt under my fingernails. But no bug guts on my clothes.
***Jade took these pictures because she wanted to document just how cool her bugs were before she was asked to put them back n the garden.
Oh and did you know that pill bugs are not bad for your flower bed? They are not good for seedlings but once they are established, they do no harm.
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Too funny. I sure do love gardening. But I strongly dislike the bugs. I get so easily creeped out by pill bugs and garden spiders and the earwig things. As a kid I did love catching grasshoppers and earthworms though. I suppose your gals have the right idea by being so inquisitive and not afraid of them! Good for you for nurturing their curiosity! And thank you for the pill bug tip!
Amy
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May 30th, 2011 at 9:59 pm
Erin, that will likely be my only gardening tip. 🙂 I’m with you, I totally get creeped out by all of the creepy crawlies in the garden – only you face it head on.
Hi,
My daughter Judy loves worms and insects and we bought an ant farm for her and she loves it.
Who would have thought.
Love that fact that your girls are who THEY want to be! Great job.
Funny, it’s my boys that don’t like bugs, lol!
Happy WW~
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Oh I love it! Princess Nagger is exactly the same – that girl can get dirtier than the dirtiest boy! 🙂
I don’t mind small bugs. Those ones are OK.
My girls the same. I love that they love bugs, but bugs really creep me out. Since they were small, I’ve tried to put on a brave face for all the little critters they caught. I guess I did good because they have no fear of bugs.