gemfyre | I got bugs in my room, bugs in my bed...

Don't think about "then", just think about "now".
(more deep, world encompassing phrases to come when I remember them)

There was this kid at Luke's party today. He's been at other parties for the kids as well. If I have a kid I want one a bit like him. He collects bugs, and lizards and various creepy crawlies. He just picks them up, usually the correct way and sticks them in a container and keeps them for a while to watch. If I had a kid like that I'd buy him ID books and we'd spend hours trying to find what bug we'd caught and maybe I'd even teach him the Latin name, because some Latin names are pretty cool. One time he was at Craig & Gill's and grabbing these bugs from the acacia out the back. He just saw them everywhere and was catching them. Now me, being all biology/nature minded am one to really look at stuff other people just glance over, like tree bark, or grass blades but even I took ages to see these bugs, when I finally did spot them I found that they were indeed everywhere. It just astounded me that a kid would be able to look at things like that and see the minature world happening beneath. Where most people would have just seen a "tree" he saw all these little creatures going about their lives. *smiles*

Matty came up to mum and I and asked if we'd met his invisible friend yet. Geez I remember my imaginary friend. He was called Brinky. Matty's is called "Hans Fredricksson" or something weird and complicated like that. I guess they choose their own names. I have NO idea why some parents would discourage an imaginary friend. Kids however, most kids are just dumb and cruel.

There was also a bouncy castle, that was good, but exhausting. I wanted to do a flip but I think I woulda landed on my head and maybe broke my neck if I tried. And poor Tess, it was so hot she wasn't even interested in chasing a ball for a while, she's such a beautiful dog. I'm not much into dogs but Tessie is a fine specimen (border collie/cattle dog cross, 2 of my fave breeds). And she's so much nicer now she's been trained a little and she will sit when you ask her, even if she does scuttle around on her bum in sheer excitment.

And Bonnie & Clyde are cute as ever. Bonnie doesn't seem so keen on being picked up, she miaows and carries on a bit, but Clyde, he just sits in your arms and puurrrrs. *ga-ga*. Kitties rock.