Lately, Ian has been really into bugs. He has several plastic ones running around the house and Daddy often pulls up pictures of different bugs on Wikipedia to show Ian. So now our three year old can accurately point out a grasshopper, praying mantis, spider, fly, june bug, and who knows what else!
Of course, at the pool today, when Ian and I noticed a few grasshoppers going for a swim, he was quite intrigued. He wasn't brave enough to touch the grasshoppers, but he was very concerned about them.
So we scooped up the grasshopper with Mommy's hand and placed it on the wall. Poor little grasshopper just sat there trying to dry off.
This little guy seemed to be content with sitting on the edge. Ian was very interested in him an leaned closer and closer and all of the sudden yelled, "GRASSHOPPER!"
Poor little guy jumped right back into the water!
So we rescued him again. :-) This time we brought him to the side of the pool instead of to the wall in the middle of the pool.
He's a pretty big grasshopper!
Ian watched from a distance at first as his little friend walked along the side of the pool.
Then he got a little closer to see what his friend was doing.
And he thought about trying to touch him, but couldn't quite work up the nerve.
After a bit of grasshopper watching, we went back to swimming without our jumpy little friends. Hopefully they all stayed out of the pool for the rest of the afternoon!
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