The girls are always very concerned about the creepy crawlies. So I was not surprised when they asked about spiders and if they could could hurt them. I explained that in Minnesota there are not a lot of spiders that are poisonous. They seemed to accept this explanation and we went on eating our cereal and grapes.
Suddenly a spider dropped right onto Breonna's shoulder and she FREAKED out! Screaming and flailing she almost knocked her cereal bowl onto the floor and couldn't get out of her booster seat fast enough. I saw the spider only for a split second and he headed for cover from the crazy girl and we didn't see him again.
The incident scared Jordan quite a bit and she wanted me to stay in the kitchen while she finished her food to protect her in case the spider came back. I told her that the spider was probably more scared than she was and was not likely to drop down from the ceiling onto her while she was eating.
The odd thing is - they love bugs. Dead ones. They have check boxes with dead bugs from Grandma Shirley's farm - dragonfly, walking stick, and cicadas.
Ick. If I had my choice I'd rather deal with a live bug.
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