I bought Jared one of those little vacuums that suck up bugs and spiders. I thought it was a good idea since he's been picking spiders up with his fingers and one bit him the other day. We have found black widows here so it makes me a little nervous...
Anyhow the sneaky little guy took the bug vacuum to his sisters school play. I'm glad I noticed it before the play started and made him put it away. As soon as the play was over he went to work vacuuming up imaginary insects, as the self proclaimed "Spider Exterminator".
We moved towards the front of the multi-purpose room. It was crowded and hard to walk around. Would you believe that Jared found a spider innocently crawling along on the floor? Jared knew just what to do and sucked that poor thing up in his vacuum, securely locking it and trapping the spider inside. "You don't stand a chance with me!" he told the spider in his most scary "Spider Exterminator" voice.
Miriam and I were shocked! What a very strange thing for a spider to not have been stepped on in that tight crowd, only to meet his fate in the canister Jared's toy spider vacuum. Mirriam was grateful, as she is very afraid of spiders, and decided she will be buying her own spider vacuum in the near future since it has proven itself extremely useful.
So we are in the van, on our way home, Spider is still in the vacuum canister. Mirriam is carefully watching to make sure he stays there (LOL!). Next thing we know, Jared has given the spider a name. It's like George or Fred... He informs us that he doesn't intend to smash it, it's going to be his pet. WHAT?????? Mirriam is more than slightly uncomfortable. We compromise and stop about 1/2 mile from home. Jared crawls out of the van and frees "Fred" near the school bus stop. Mirriam and I are changing the "Exterminator's" name to "The Liberator".
Look closely and you will see the lucky little guy!
1 comment:
Oh my goodness! I can just see him doing that!! How funny!
I can't wait to see you all in July!!
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