On Sunday we had to take Finley back to her mom. We met in Clarksville and made the switch. Afterwards we stopped at McDonald's for lunch. There was a trail head we noticed so we decided to have an impromptu picnic. It really was a pretty day, so we decided to explore the paved part of the trail.
I'm sharing this story for two reasons. First I wanted to share this picture of Campbell with her 'walking stick' because it was pretty cute. Second was a pretty funny story crom the hime.
We are far from tree huggers but we've always told Noah not to kill bugs and such for no reason. All creatures great and small, yada yada yada. We leave animals in their habitat unless a spider is dumb enough to come in the house then it's survival of the fittest vs my size 13.
On this day, Noah yelled at his mom to stop in the middle of the walk. She complied and he rescued a grasshopper that somehow avoided the stroller and her feet. He was amazed the bug survived and he showed it to Campbell who dutifully bent over to inspect it. He shared with Cam his entire knowledge of grasshoppers and then told the little guy to "hop off the sidewalk before you get hurt." Right on cue Campbell swung her walking stick overhead with both hands and with truly amazing accuracy smashed the grasshopper into a dozen or so grisly pieces. It was the first time (I'm sure not the last) I had to restrain Noah from attacking his little sister.
