Grasshoppers

Liston and Deacon sure have had a lot of fun playing in the back yard. The summer started with them digging worms all day but soon they discovered the grasshoppers and it was love at first sight! Most mornings they are out the door as soon as their little eyes pop open ready to catch some friends!!! I didn't mind too much at first because the grasshoppers were small but now they've gotten huge and kind of give me the creeps!! Liston likes to tease me by shoving a big fat grasshopper in my face to inspect. Deacon's pretty good at catching a bunch and putting them in the bucket seat of his bike---he collects a bunch of grass for them and stuff. Liston likes to carry his around all day and let it sit on his shoulder. He even made a little sleeping bag for one out of some leaves! A few days ago Liston came in from the yard just sobbing. I thought he must have fallen down and gotten hurt. Turns out he had a little grasshopper he'd been playing with all day and he'd gone back out to visit him and the grasshopper was dead. He was sooo sad to lose his little grasshopper friend. Poor guy! Here are some pics of the boys with a few of their hopping friends!