Earthworms

 We've been reading and learning about Earthworms lately.  She's on a quest to save every single one that finds itself on the burning sidewalk.  A couple of days ago we found one that was barely moving.  We poured water over it.  She was so hopeful, but he or she ended out dead.  Apparently worms are both male and female.  Any two worms can reproduce.  Strange but true.  Today we found one that was alive and she couldn't help but spend a little time with him before she relocated him under the tree.  

She kept telling me how much he liked her.  She had to stretch him out a little to see how long he was.  Then with the most serious face she could muster she told me how we had to protect him from the birds.  She didn't want him to be lunch.  She put her little finger over her mouth and said, "Shhh Mom! Don't let the birds find out where I put him."  "We have to keep him safe."  

She gently put him underneath our pine tree and watched over him until he disappeared into the ground.  

Today I was so grateful to be outside.  It has been raining for what seems like weeks.  At one point the water on the sidewalk was up to my ankles.  Luckily we were blessed that our home wasn't among the thousands that flooded.  

When the sun came back out it was like welcoming back an old friend.  I missed it and so did Audrey.

After all, what's a summer without the sun and a lot of pool days?