Michaela has really gotten into a BBC documentary series narrated by Richard Attenborough called "Life in the Undergrowth". It's all about insect behavior using close up videos that have only been recently made possible by new camera technology.
Michaela's familiarity with "the circle of life" is taken a turn towards the morbid. She'll often say the following while playing with her plastic bug collection:
"He's going to eat him, gulp, yum!"
or
Michaela: "Oh no, he's going to sting me!"
Mommy or Daddy (saying for the hundredth time): "Don't worry, he won't sting you."
Michaela: "No? Well, he might still try."
or
"When the wasp egg hatches, the larva consumes the spider and then pupates; the next spring the adult emerges to complete the life cycle."
Please note: She didn't actually use those exact words for the last one, but pretty close.
2 comments:
Sounds like she might grow up to be an Entomologist (had to look up that word on the internet). That would be neat!
Love,
Meghan
Fascinating (and heart-warming) to see her fascination! I agreee, Meghan, I think Michaela is well on her way towards entomology as a career, or who knows, maybe once she discovers even smaller forms of life, she may follow in her Grandpa's or her Uncle Josh's footsteps. On the other hand, maybe all that will just be a lifelong hobby while she pursues instead a career in philosophy or law -after all, she didn't seem to have much trouble finding the hole in your logic there, Jon and Cara!
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