Pit Stop

On our way home from Cedar, Ollie was having an absolute screaming fit that I couldn't figure out (how early is too early for graham crackers and benadryl? JK!) so Kent wisely pulled off for a little pit stop. It was at one of those off ramps where you drive by and think "why is there an off ramp there? There is no where for a road to go..."- in the middle of nowhere. But one thing I love about my husband? He can make fun out of anything! And one thing I love about boys? They follow right along, especially when bugs are involved! So while I was feeding Ollie, this is what the boys were doing...

1. Checking out a GIGANTIC ant pile, while Emitt was chasing this one around and picking him up over and over again, until he got smushed...
2. Chasing grasshoppers and then trying to figure out what to do with them when you finally caught them. They were everywhere in the tall grass and the boys had a BALL trying to catch them before they jumped.

3. The BEETLE. Emitt found it while looking through the fence and he is not afraid of picking kup ANYTHING, so he went over and grabbed it. The poor thing wiggled free and got a grip on Emitt's finger, which finally freaked Emitt out a bit and he tried to shake it off really hard and it didn't work so well- I wish I had a video of him jumping up and down shaking his little arm as hard as he could- and that beetle wouldn't let go! As for Tyse and the beetle, he finally let it crawl onto his hand from Kent, but it starting crawling up his arm, of which he wasn't a huge fan, saying "Dad, I don't want it on my shirt. It is my new basketball shirt and I don't want a beetle on it." Spoken just like a vain little boy. But that is a story for another post. Obviously, it did make it up the shirt and kent just held the opening closed so it wouldn't go INSIDE the shirt and he survived.

(you have to click on the one of Emitt and really see how big that beetle was!)

4. Feeding the giant spider those unfortunate grasshoppers. (WARNING FOR KATIE- THERE IS A PICTURE OF A LARGE SPIDER BELOW. FEEL FREE TO SKIP RIGHT TO COMMENTS)
Kent found this wierd spiderweb- it was shaped like a cone and was REALLY dense- and it just sat in the bottom of the hole until something unfortunate crawled into the outer realms and got stuck. So Kent HAD to put something into it to see the thing up close. Tyse was a little concerned for the poor little grasshopper, but he got over it quickly enough.

5. Potty training on a road trip.
Just before getting back into the car, Emitt had to go potty. SO- we let him have his first experience of dropping drawer and standing on the side of the road to pee. He was quite proud of himself. No pictures.

I am ending this one with one of my favorite pics from this stop- proving that the middle of nowhere on any given day can be so absolutely worthwhile...