My Caterpillar Friend

Recently Skye has become very scared of bugs ... just hates them ... although a huge spider in the house the other night didn't freak her out but a moth makes her crazy ...

Today we were playing in the backyard when I heard a desperate scream for "MOMMY" ... there at the top of Skye's slide was a Caterpillar and it needed to go NOW ...

I went over and showed her there was nothing to be afraid of ... pet the Caterpillar ... we talked about one of her favorite Little Einstein episodes where the Caterpillar goes off and becomes a butterfly ... and then I picked him up and moved him over to the fire pit ...

Well it was a total break through for her ... she became enthralled with him ... even touched him ... then said we should get our cameras which I am so happy about ... because I absolutely love the photos of her with the Caterpillar ...

She got him some leaves so he would have something to eat ... she showed him to daddy as soon as he got home and all night she talked about her Caterpillar ... was he OK in the rain ... has he gone to sleep now that it is dark ... she thinks he is great ... and tonight she has wanted to look at the photos over and over again ...

I hope her new fearless attitude toward at least caterpillars sticks around for a while ...