Warning: The following post contains images that may be considered gruesome. Continue at your own risk.
Early in the summer, Buttermilk Sky came up to me and asked, "Do we have any pins?" I said, "I don't know. (I knew we did.) Why?" He said, "I want to start a bug collection and I need pins to pin them to a board." I said, "No, I don't think we do. Sorry."
He wasn't to be deterred. A day or so later he came up to me and asked, "Mom, do we have any foam pieces?" I said, "Any what?" He explained and I realized he meant a sheet of foam core which he wanted to pin the bugs to. I said, "No, I don't think we do." (I knew we did.)
A day or so later he got smart and asked his dad for these things. Brandon said, "If we don't, we can get them for you." So after Buttermilk and Brandon did some research online to figure out how to kill the bugs and create a bug collection, I reluctantly procurred the requested items and Buttermilk got to work.
Early in the summer, Buttermilk Sky came up to me and asked, "Do we have any pins?" I said, "I don't know. (I knew we did.) Why?" He said, "I want to start a bug collection and I need pins to pin them to a board." I said, "No, I don't think we do. Sorry."
He wasn't to be deterred. A day or so later he came up to me and asked, "Mom, do we have any foam pieces?" I said, "Any what?" He explained and I realized he meant a sheet of foam core which he wanted to pin the bugs to. I said, "No, I don't think we do." (I knew we did.)
A day or so later he got smart and asked his dad for these things. Brandon said, "If we don't, we can get them for you." So after Buttermilk and Brandon did some research online to figure out how to kill the bugs and create a bug collection, I reluctantly procurred the requested items and Buttermilk got to work.
He caught quite a few bugs--I mean arthropods--
in this little jar which contained a cotton ball saturated with rubbing alcohol to kill the critters.
Buttermilk Sky even created this ingenious bee protection suit so that he could go after the bees.
They were pretty hard to catch.
Check out his skewered corpses!
In spite of my initial uncooperative attitude towards this project, I must admit that I am proud of Buttermilk Sky's determination and resourcefullness in creating his bug collection even in the face of his mother's efforts at sabatoge.
I think it will make a pretty good show-and-tell this year.
