Ethan caught a cricket the other night. His dad let him keep it, but told him he had to set it free in 3 days.
Well, that’s not going to happen. Ethan now thinks the cricket is his pet. He says he’s part of our family now. The kid walks around with the plastic container, talking to him.
“Jibbity (which is what he named him), I love you! Jibbity, we all love you.”
He takes him to school, to my moms house while I’m at work and sets him by his bed at night.
He told me he’s going to take Jibbity to the movies when my mom takes them this weekend. I told him Grandma’s not going to like that. His response?
“Mom, Grandma already told me Jibbity could come, that’s her GRANDCRICKET and she said she’s not leaving any of her grandkids behind.”
The kid is just like me in the sense that he gets attached to things easily. He loves with all of his heart and isn’t afraid to show it. Of course, he gets his heart broken easily the same way I do, (like when his bunny died) but I’m so glad I have a son that loves with all of his little heart.
if only all crickets could be so loved. you have a special son there. i’m laughing though because i just wrote about killing bugs and i come here to find you’ve just wrote about saving bugs. weird.
dude, send him out here … he can have all 153485743 crickets that live in our backyard.
lmao, that’s such a cute picture!! Does he feed Jibbity? What the hell do you feed crickets anyways?
cricket food
Don’t crickets make noise? loud noise? Does it chirp in the house all day?
That’s awesome. What a cool kid.
I won’t mention the fact that I have a chinese water dragon that snacks on crickets.
Don’t crickets have a pretty, um, short life span? Is there going to be much wailing and teeth gnashing when the inevitable plays out?
Holy crap — you’re going to have to have a ceremony for the cricket!
OK, that was just mean. Sorry.
We were just invaded with hundreds upon hundreds of lady bugs, he’s welcome to every one of them.
little jibbity
This is seriously one of the cutest pictures of a kid I have seen in a long time. It also…
That is incredibly sweet. You have reason to be proud of your son.
But I hope you’ve got an empty matchbox handy. Poor little crickets don’t last very long.
He sounds like such a good hearted little kid. But then again, I’m sure he gets that from his Momma 🙂
Go Jibbety!
That is the sweetest picture I ever did see!
If only he could put me into a container. Then, I would feel loved. And I’d request to see Kill Bill because that looks like a good movie.
The Chinese keep crickets and other singing insects (katydids) in special cages because they believe they bring good luck. The average lifespan of an adult cricket is four months. Fortunately (or not if you are as grossed out by them as I am good luck or no), there is an endless supply of them. My son is the same way and always has a menagerie of critters in glass and plastic containers.