Steph was out doing her manly -- womanly blackberry clearing this evening. When she came it, she looked to see what was on her glasses that was blurring her vision. 'Twas a ladybug. She took it off and showed the boys who were quite eager. Eddie wanted to hold it, which he did. Chas merely danced around the edges, occassionally opining, "She's great!" At one point he said he wanted to hold her but when we got within a foot, he backed out.
After a sufficient period of ladybug torture, we decided to let her out to return to her mommy. Then she flew onto Eddie's lip, then over his nose and onto his eyelid, which produced squeals of delighted laughter. When they did release her out the back door, both boys said "Goodbye and thank you," at Steph' s urging. Then Eddie elaborated on his own. "Thank you for letting me hold you!" (It's almost enough to make me rethink my homicidal urges during the 45 minutes or so that he screamed, cried and whined for a lollypop from the toy store this afternoon.)
Now to sour this sweet moment, it should be noted that the entire episode occurred while both boys were pantless. OK, Chas had some around his ankles, but still. We're not perverts, really we're not. But our boys are.
(Chas did not remain still long enough or near enough the ladybug to be photographed.
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