Friday, September 5, 2008

The Grasshopper Whisperer?

Amanda has stumbled upon another one of her unique talents. She can tame grasshoppers!! Well, she has tamed at least one so far. She caught a wild one while we were camping last weekend and decided to keep it as a pet. She made a little "home" for him in an old hermit crab cage. She feeds him fresh vegetables and plays with him. She can take him out of his cage and he will "ride" around the house on her shoulder. She has even taken him to school with her - and he doesn't hop away! I checked him out - he is fully capable of hoping, but just seems content with her. Last night she feel asleep with him on her leg and he slept with her almost all night.



She also seems to have this talent with her pet frog.

I wonder if we can turn this into a money making thing somehow???? :)

2 comments:

  1. If I hadn't seen Amanda releasing that grashopper on our camping trip and coming back to her, I would not believe this story. That's just amazing. BTW: I like the new layout. Your already great pictures look even better!

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  2. Amanda the Animal Whisperer. I like the sound of that.
    We would love to come visit the frogs and lizard again sometime. Ethan talks about it anytime we are in the front yard!

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