Loving creatures

Carrying creatures is Ian’s jam. He loves box elder bugs. He’s been known to catch multiple ants at a time. And holding a spider, that’s nothing. With the rain falling frequently around here, worms are the latest thing.

He’ll gather and play with bunches at a time and hope we can keep them overnight. But we’ve experimented with that and never succeeded, so I’ve been known to release them into the wild after he’s gone to sleep. When mentioning that fact to a friend, she replied, “Do you think they actually live after Ian’s been throwing them around and stuff?” The truth is, probably not. And yes, he throws them into the sky and recaptures them. This kid takes creature appreciation for a two-year-old to a whole new level.