The day started out pretty much like the rest of June. Overcast and raining. Then mid morning it looked to be clearing up but no sun in site. After exhausting my self by yelling (insert anyone of the phrases below)
Stop jumping... from one couch to the other!!!
Stop jumping... from the coffee table to the couch!!!
Stop jumping... from the couch arm over the end table!!! (this particular one is new... and caught my by surprise).
I made the executive decision... EVERYBODY OUTSIDE!!! So they played with their cars, we took a bike ride, we had lunch outside and they continued to play with their cars. The sun came out a little while later so I asked Connor to get my bag with the sunblock lotions. Figure with my luck... they would get a sun burn through the clouds. We even had our snack outside... Ice Pops!!!
So it was getting late and we had been out all day. We started to clean up and what do I see on the driveway when I look down... a worm. Yuk! For those who don't know me... not big on the whole bug thing. I am staring at this thing and can't believe how close it has been to me and I didn't know it. I'm also thinking... hmmm how did a worm get here on the driveway? Then upon further review of this "wild creature" I noticed a couple of knobby things (not sure what ya call them) on top of its head. THAT is not a worm it's a... SNAIL?!?!? Are you kidding me?!?!? how did that thing get here?!?! Then I looked inside my suntan lotion bag and what do you know... a shell.
The wonder of it all is on this last trip to the beach we were "shell" free... meaning we didn't collect any. The last time we were to the beach was um... June 13th. OK so... GROSS... this thing has been in my bag, in my house since then?!?!?! How did it live?
The boys were so excited... can we keep it can we keep it... pleeeease Mom pleeeease???? So after a call to dad... to figure out what the heck to do with it... we did this....
The boys were so happy to have a pet. They even made up a song and kept singing it over and over... and oooover! Shelly... shelly our snail... shelly shelly our snail. they couldn't wait to show everyone. I, on the other hand, was thinking "what am I going to do with this snail?" It is soooo not coming inside my house! I would get no sleep thinking it escaped from it's make shift home.
Well I am sad (not so much) to report that Shelly is no longer with us. I have a feeling it did not last long maybe 5 minutes in its new home. I think it got water logged it kind of plumped up? The boys are okay with Shelly's passing. I have no clue what went wrong since that thing lived in my bag, jostled around for a long time. Anyone out there have a clue?
Maybe we definitely should wait on that whole "pet idea" especially the hermit crab one!
What a way to start the week! How was your Monday?
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