We've spent the last 10 days visiting Kristin's family in Iowa. Before going, Kristin had mentioned to Annabel that we would see fireflies when we went. We even got this book which talks about making firefly lanterns by catching fireflies and putting them in a jar.
In fact, it turns out that the fireflies here aren't as plentiful as they were when Kristin was growing up and it was hard to find them. About half way through the trip we still hadn't seen any. Then, on the way to the car one evening after dinner, Annabel pointed across the street and yelled out "Fireflies! I see them!" and sure enough there were a bunch of fireflies there glowing away. It's amazing that she was the first to see them, particularly given that she had only heard about them through stories. I'll bet she had been on the lookout every second we were outside at night since the trip began. Needless to say she was delighted.
Then today, she picked up an empty water bottle and asked if we could go to the backyard to collect bugs. She's wanted to look for bugs in the past, but this was the first collection request. I obliged and although the selection was meager, we did manage to coax a few ants into the bottle with the help of a green magic marker.
Annabel of course named them right away (Felix and Gelix) and made sure that I poked holes for air and that we had some food for them "in case they get hungry". She suggested chocolate chip cookies, which she was sure they would like. Here's a picture of her with her first pets.
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