Comments | zebulen: Thinking like a toddler

zebulen

Thinking like a toddler

Apr 29, 2011 09:57

Emilia is obsessed with worms. She loves to hunt for them outside. When she finds one, she examines it closely, noting all of its natural features. However, with the recent dry (and beautiful) spring warmth, we are in a worm drought. Last evening, Emilia was in the driveway again, scanning the dried-up depressions for worms.

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sillyliss April 29 2011, 14:59:58 UTC

She can lure them up with chocolate cupcakes!

zebulen April 29 2011, 15:40:51 UTC

If she ever discovers gummy worms, we are in big trouble! :D

sasha_davidovna April 29 2011, 15:18:05 UTC

Do you have any rocks or bricks or similar she could overturn to look for them? Or you could start a worm farm for her! Worms are good things to be interested in. :)

zebulen April 29 2011, 15:38:34 UTC

The worm farm is a great idea!

sillyliss April 29 2011, 15:52:40 UTC

Worms? In the house??!?

zebulen April 29 2011, 15:56:20 UTC

But, it's all for science, Mommy. SCIENCE!

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neptunia67 April 29 2011, 15:24:13 UTC

We watched a Dirty Jobs episode where they brought worms to the surface by rubbing a rough thing across a wooden stake that's driven into the ground. They call it "grunting". I guess the vibration and noise brings the worms up. Check it out here!

Maybe Emelia will become a master grunter!

zebulen April 29 2011, 15:40:10 UTC

Haha, a master grunter. I think we'll just wait for the next rain, which, this time of year, is never far away. :)

neptunia67 April 29 2011, 16:42:34 UTC

Well, OK... but grunting sure does sound like fun. :)

cathy_edgett April 29 2011, 15:50:43 UTC

She is beautiful and smart. What a photo! What a girl!

zebulen April 29 2011, 15:57:04 UTC

Thanks, Cathy. You sound like her grandmother. :)

cathy_edgett April 29 2011, 16:03:05 UTC

Big smile! I would be proud to be so. It works for me!!

oregana April 29 2011, 17:57:24 UTC

She will outgrow the interest. Soon, I hope. :)

zebulen April 29 2011, 18:45:11 UTC

Or, she could become a professional vermiculturist!

oregana April 29 2011, 18:49:48 UTC

I could go with that. :)

istytehcrawk April 29 2011, 20:58:56 UTC

But worms are great fun! I've always been a fan, probably because I handled them a lot when I went fishing with my dad when I was little.

Fun story: When I was in middle school, most girls in my school got freaked out by worms, so the boys would try to scare them by simply dangling a worm in front of them. They were always surprised when it didn't work on me - I'd just grab the worm out of their hands and go put it safely back in the grass. (...This story could sound dirty if you read it that way, so don't. :P)