Is that a children's book? If it's not, it should be. Maybe I have to write it. After this, I'll have the story.
About a week ago CK and O saw a "daddy-longleg" spider in the garage and wanted me to catch it to put in their new "bug" box. Oh the joy to have something in their new box that was alive. They had a spider in there, but it went in dead. So I got a piece of paper and got the spider in the box.
After watching the spider for a few minutes CK announced "It needs water." Great. I've gotta figure out how to get water to this spider. No, I don't....my daughter saw the cap of a water bottle and thought that would make a perfect water bowl. It did. I then put the new water bowl in the box. CK's not going to do it. She has a bug phobia. (MUCH better now, obviously. This is light years ahead of where we where a year or two ago.)
The spider seems to be okay in her new home. (Girls said it's a girl spider.) She made a web, she's hanging from it at the far end of the box and their is spider poop on the bottom of the box. We look at her every day. Yep, still in there.
CK is trying to figure out what to feed the spider so she won't die. I tell her they catch insects, such as flies, in their web. CK says she is going to ask her little friend at school (a boy, who knows about such things). "Blood" he tells her. She doesn't believe her mother, but does believe the boy at school. Nice boy, smart. I know his mother, but HELLO. It's already starting.
Anyway, so the girls saw a fly in the house this afternoon and told me I needed to catch it in the other "bug" box so the spider can eat it. "I should catch it in the same box as the spider, so she can eat it. Don't you think?" I ask the girls. "Oh, right." CK says.
After about 5 minutes or so, I was able to get the fly into the box with the spider. YEA! Everyone is excited and we sit anxiously watching to see what the spider will do. At this point I wasn't sure how the spider was doing. She looked dead to me. NOPE. Boy, that spider perked up. She bounced up and went after the fly. It was great! The fly was a little too fast. The fly did get caught in the web, but not enough for the spider to get it.
CK, O and I continued to make crepe paper flowers for Teacher Appreciation Week and checked in on the spider and fly every so often. The fly is now walking around the box trying to figure a way to get out. I was watching it and he puts his little feet through the holes. It's funny.
Check in for updates on "The Spider and The Fly."
NOTE: in the picture the fly is on the left, in the blue circle and the spider is on the right, in the blue circle.
