Sunday, July 26, 2009

Alas...

...The story of Barney Bug has not the happy ending I would have wished for, and I'm glad I posted about his pleasanter moments in life before the end of the day.

I will spare you the details, but suffice to say I had a serious talk with Susanna about "an eye for an eye..." and all that.

It's my opinion that dismemberment before death is a bit severe a penalty in return for a bug bite.
I think poor ol' Barney was trying to send the memo "I WANT to go home. ...NOW."

Anyway... assuming there's a place for bugs in Heaven, Barney probably has a real nice mansion. HA!
*(Presumably next door to Mattie's Cricket, Shauna) ;-P

I don't think Sue is ready for a kitten just yet.

* "Mattie" is my youngest sister. See Shauna's comment here;

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On another note, if I had known Susanna when I was four years old, I might have been one nervous bug; but I sure would have been jealous of her big brothers!

















This picture is not set up. I actually enjoyed spying on these two from across the yard one evening.

Zachary was weaving a flower into Susanna's hair while she held still so patiently. It was precious to watch, and warmed my heart:-)

















I am so thankful for my camera to "capture" a few of these fleeting moments so I have something to jog my memory when the cobwebs take over!

What a lovely little girl! (I can't believe she belongs to ME!)

4 comments:

  1. Oh, so sad! But the flower weaving in the hair is sweet! Must love the camera...keep up spying and capturing these precious moments to share. Love you.

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  2. AAaaawwww!!! So sweet! I love catching those moments when they are loving on each other :)

    Btw--I wouldn't trust J with a pet for sure!! He doesn't quite get that you can harm them. He squeezed his baby chick half to death trying to keep his brother from holding it. I couldn't believe it survived the encounter with no apparent harm.

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  3. Oh, no! Poor Barney. :(

    How sweet! It's always so cute when kids do things like that on their own. ^_^

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