Ever heard those words before? For me it started like this:
Abby and I were out in the yard and she looked bored with my tired self and her soggy stuffed doggy, so I said.
You need a real friend don’tcha?
yeah […a long pause] but I can’t.
Why not?
cause you’re allergic.
I didn’t even know she knew that word.
Yeah, but I didn’t mean an animal friend I meant a person friend [I was thinking of the fun she had with Bella last weekend.]
yeah.
Later, when the opportunity to shed myself from some histamine induced regret over my daughters inability to have a puppy, I pounced…rather literally.
I didn’t mean for it to become a pet, I didn’t even think we could maintain it’s little frayed ganglia of an existence beyond a night but Mandragora, the grasshopper, is now a pet. She has lived for two days in a wire-mesh bug catcher. Wikipedia informed us of what she was, and the rest of the internet provided a diet.
She seems to be doing well…well except for today when Ang caught Peanut swinging the Bug Catcher in a 3G, 180 degree arc from front to back.
Honey?! What are you doing?
She likes it Mommy! She calmed right down! I think she likes it!!
We may be the only family on the block preparing a grasshopper for spaceflight.
blief 
Hahaha! Great post!
We were actually planning to get a pet before I got pregnant…now I’m waiting until the kid(s) – there will be 2 eventually – are old enough to ask and able to learn how to take care of it…even though I know mom & dad will be the ones actually taking care of it hehe.
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I am roaring — too funny! I can just see her swinging that thing. Did I ever tell you I collected spiders in glass jars?
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You mean you collected spiders when you were little? In glass jars? I don’t think you ever told me that.
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You can borrow Sara whenver you like!
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….or whenever might be a better spelling.
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Watch out Lief, Sara comes with Ian attached at the hip…or at least attached with his nose in her fur. Hey, wait a minute! Abby could have TWO friends that way! Now, if you could only think of a better spelling for “Sara” …then you could borrow her (with Ian attached).
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I know a different way to spell Sara…..t-r-o-u-b-l-e…..in a fur coat no less.
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How about a snake for a pet? They like to be held (they enjoy the warmth provided by human touch). They don’t make noises — if you ignore what they eat. They don’t produce allergens and they are guaranteed to rid your house of rodents — permanently!!
Ask Great Grandma about the veracity of my suggestion. (She has never stopped thanking me for bringing a bull snake home when we were first married — she had complained about a mouse or three in the house. Come to think of it, she has not yet started.)
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