A new pet

So I'm trying not to laugh too loud as I type this, but this afternoon Spencer came home from school and informed me that he brought a ladybug home from school to be his pet.

I looked around for the lady bug (didn't see it crawling around on his hands or arms) and so I asked, "Well, where is this ladybug?"

"In my backpack."

"Uh, in your backpack. Seriously?"

And sure enough, when I unzipped it, it was crawling around on top of his lunchbox inside his backpack. What? (insert laugh)

So I asked him where we were going to keep this new pet and he said, "I have it all figured out Mom, come take a look!" and proceeded to walk me to our front yard.

So where is it's new home?


Here, have a look:




perhaps you need a closer look?




And yes, that is grass in there for it to eat. My kid has thought of everything...well, everything except for a name. He told me he'd think about that later. Right now he's hungry and wants his after school snack.