It Could be Worse, She Could Love Snakes!

Spring time means outdoors.

Outdoors for K means going in the dirt and finding stuff, like snails.

Last year she showed an affinity for the slime-trailing creatures and this year the obsession hasn't waned a bit.

Outdoor weeding brought snails in plain view and K flipped out in a "I love gross stuff!" kind of way.

The collection started small.


Then grew into a creepy bucket-full of gastropods. I had to close my eyes when I took this shot so I wouldn't gag.


By the end of the afternoon, she had them trained to walk tightropes of grass blades.

I think they were trying to escape.


She begged to take the bucket in the house and I screamed, "NOT ON YOUR LIFE!" because ew.

But later in the evening, she said she had a surprise for me. I had all but forgotten about the creepy crawlies when she showed me this caterpillar. "I'll just keep him in my room until he turns into a butterfly!"



Yeah, not!