We caught three grasshoppers on our way back from our trip to the lake yesterday afternoon. The 5 year old decided to keep one grasshopper ( the one in the photo) and put it in an old butter container.

The 5 year old talked to the grasshopper, played with it, and rolled him around in the container one too many times during the course of the day. He even named it the “Big Super Hero Grasshopper”.

Can you guess what eventually happened to the grasshopper in the photo?

Playing just got the best of him (or her?)

I promise my son is not a serial killer in the making.

*During the time when I thought (and I was right) the grasshopper was in the process of dying, my 5 year old said it’s name was “keep breathing”. After the the grasshopper died, he changed it’s name to “dead bug”.

Where do kids come up with this stuff?