Brianna the Bug Catcher

If you know Travis at all then you've seen this one coming from the day Brianna was born. Yep, he's gotten her into the bug thing. I guess kids already naturally think bugs are kind of cool and want to touch them and stuff. So, all it takes is a little encouragement from Daddy, (I suppose watching Bug's Life didn't help either), and voila! a tiny partner in bug finding and collecting. (Well, everyone's gotta have a hobby right?) For the past several days Travis and Bree have taken afternoon walks around the apartment grounds finding beetles and catepillars and such. She's found it so much fun and they burst through the door with identical gleams in their eyes to show me their special finds inside the bug jar. (The only downside being that Brianna can't take a walk now without looking under rocks for creepy-crawlies.) Travis says she has an eye for spotting insects, (probably because she's closer to the ground), and Bree is learning which bugs are "mean," which are "nice" and how to say "cat-a-pill-a." It's a little different for a father-daughter activity but they get to spend time together and they have fun anyways.