How neat that they got to look at a dragonfly up close! The send off down the creek is a nice idea, too. I hope they enjoyed their camping trip; I look forward to one of our own in the future.

Yes, I’ve been working hard on the squeamishness issues, lately. Especially when my daughter wants me to hold one for her…. I don’t want to pass on my squeamishness, but I really don’t like holding something with all those flailing legs, either!

She accompanies me in the garden and collects the grass grub larvae I find and won’t let me feed them to the chickens. At least not until she has given them a big cuddle and cooed over them for a good while.

I have worked really hard to overcome my squeamishness with bugs – can’t be shown up by a 3 year old after all, and I really don’t want her to learn to be scared of them when she is so brave and inquisitive 🙂

We took our first overnight hiking and camping trip, and to my shock my kiddos befriended a dragonfly. I think he was caught on our tent and got a wing damaged… he never tried to fly out of their hands. They ended up giving him a send off down the creek on a leaf.