This is what the "baby maggot or worm looked like...ewwww
My little naturalist with a poor worm, who I am afraid to announce didn't live long after this picture.....
What is it about little boys that makes them pre-disposed to love everything that creeps and crawls? In mud, and dirt?? Austin is the perfect example of this. I tell you, you give this boy a worm, and he has an instant toy, that keeps him company for hours.
Oh, and on Sunday we took him to the park. There were a whole bunch of acorns all over the ground and Austin was sooo excited, I tell you it was like Christmas morning. He collected a cup of them. He talked about them the whole way home and it didn't stop there. He actually was talking about them in his sleep. Well one of those acorns had a hole in it. I told him that it was because there was a worm living inside it. I was hoping that the said worm had already left his home, but to Austins enjoyment, and my horror, in the cup this morning was a small plump white maggot looking thing with a red head, pulsating around the cup. Of coarse, I was disgusted, and Austin was delighted. His exact words, " look mom! a cute little baby worm. Hold it mom, hold it." ummm yah right... I told him it looked like a maggot, so he said,"a tiny baby maggot, cute" I don't know about you, but I don't think there is anything cute about a maggot, even a tiny baby one. I let him poke at it for a good 10 min. then I quietly dumped it into the toilet, of coarse when Austin wasn't watching. When he noticed it was gone, and asked where it went, I told him it was sleeping with the fishes, in Davey Jones locker and that seemed to satisfy him.
So as gross as all this my seem, I love that my little boy is 100% little boy. I guess that saying is right, which is exactly why my blog is named what it is, Snakes and snails and puppy dog tails, that is what little boys are made of.
