We’re still waiting for the 17 year emergence of the cicadas. I know Ben will be very interested to see them. I’m a little nervous about Izzy eating them. She puts everything in her mouth. I don’t think cicadas will be off limits to her. For some reason, Izzy as gotten in her mind that birds are going to come and tickle her. I have no idea where she got this notion. She’s a little freaked out by them right now (who knows that might be planning a tickle sneak attack). I’ve expalined to her that they do not have any fingers and therefore cannot tickle her (explained on a 2 yr. olds level). I think she’s relaxing a bit about it. We’ll have to see how things go outside today.
I’m still wondering when the kids will stop putting everything in their mouth. The dr. said by 4 yrs. for sure. Ben will still mouth things. We cleaned out the sandbox yesterday and added new sand - which of course looks like a buffet for the girls. They do love playing in the sandbox but things get a little out of control when one starts eating sand - they all start eating sand. Hopefully, this will subside soon or it’s going to be a long summer.