Flippy and Friend

Nathan has captured a grasshopper and has claimed it's his! It is his new pet! This is one I can handle..... living in the garage. Meet Flippy, our pet grasshopper. Nathan is very proud of Flippy and even took him to school on Friday. Mrs. Wellhousen let him keep it on his desk all day. The class really thought it was cool. He's a very quite pet, that's for sure!

Flippy has a "friend" that he just hasn't met. If Nathan has anything to do with it, they won't! Mrs. Wellhousen, Nathan's teacher, asked the kids to be on the lookout for a garden spider to bring in for the class pet. Some friends of ours, just so happened to have one in their yard. One that looked just like Mrs. Wellhousen was wanting. So, yesterday after church, we captured it. Well, I captured it, eh hem... yes, me!! I can hardly believe it. The things we do for love!!! Anyway, back to the story... we took the spider to his teacher yesterday and help her set up its habitat. The poor spider took a swim while we were trying to get her out of the container and onto her sticks. She accidentally fell in the mote of water. We are hoping she is okay. She is quite a sight. The spider will have a name, the class will vote on one. Nathan chose to call her "Ditto." The class will learn about the life cycle and stuff and have to catch bugs to feed her. One thing Nathan is very adamant about.... he will not be feeding the spider his grasshopper and he won't watch her eat any other grasshoppers. He doesn't even like to think about it! We'll keep you posted. Pray she spins her web soon. If not, they will release her and look for another spider.