"I don't like spiders and snakes..."

"And that ain't what it takes to love me."

Have you ever heard that really old song by Jim Stafford?  It always makes me smile.  But spiders do NOT make our Big Guy smile at all (or any of us, really, except maybe the little guy who still thinks bugs are cool).  Apparently, yesterday there was an incident similar to that of Little Miss Muffet, only there were no tuffets involved, only an office chair, and the spider made the mistake of getting between Techie and Big Screen Monitor.  A very bad place to be for any uninvited guest.  At dinner, it was shared that said sweet hubby grabbed his pair of shoes from the floor next to the office chair, and used the shoes to applaud the little spider's existence so to speak, thereby decorating Dad's shoes.  Little Guy proclaimed, "Oh, what a nice little bug!"

I couldn't resist looking at the big guy and asking if there were balloons and streamers on his shoes, to which he replied, trying not to laugh or truly upset the Little Guy, "Something like that..."  Little Guy went on for sometime about the nice little bug until we got him to talk about the roly poly habitat he built recently on a shelf in our living room.

Where do the snakes come in?  Well, for what ever reason, Little Guy was particular vocal yesterday.  It was like he was trying to make up for every meal where he didn't have enough to say all in one day.  He barely managed to stop long enough to eat brunch or dinner telling us all about the large sword he had built in the back yard with a pokey at one end and some other item at the other end.  He has a specially made drawer in the shed just the right side to hold the sword, and later, he can use it to cut down some of the trees in the backyard.  The drawer is apparently in the very back of the shed, well hidden, so even the bad buys can't find it and run away with it.  He wasn't happy with me for not wanting to go out in the heat of the day and find that sword for him.  Five minutes later, Little Guy announced, "I have snakes in the garage.  Nice baby snakes..."  Oh my.  He definitely has an imagination!

I had thought about writing a blog post about Independence day, but to be honest, I couldn't pass up sharing about our spiders and snakes.  We are celebrating our Nation's birth by watching fireworks, grilling with friends, and being super thankful for the freedom we have as citizens of this great nation!