The theme over at Sticky Fingers this week is My Weekend
On Saturday, while everybody was living it up at 'cybermummy', and everybody else was drowning in the rain; myself and The Viking took cover at a local playcentre... along with half a million other people...
On Sunday we were treated to glorious sunshine.
Our back garden is a
Lifting stones to reveal centipedes scurrying away, a cluster of woodlice, or a coiled millipede or two is a firm favourite with the boys... even more so since they discovered the reaction they can get when they introduce their new 'friends' to their big sisters!
Anyway, this 'monster beetle' didn't disappoint
Love the monster beetle! :) I was not at Cybermummy either but had a fantastic time, albeit a bit wet!
ReplyDeleteGod that is a huge beetle, the day my kids start bringing things like that home for me is the day I'm moving out!
ReplyDeleteWe camped in our garden and woke up to three like that. Great picture and love how children can be so happily gruesome
ReplyDeleteChildren are so fascinated with bugs, brings back happy memories of Environmental Studies at school.
ReplyDeleteWow cool beetle, I showed my boys (3&4yo) and they want to find one in our garden tomorrow!
ReplyDeleteOh my god.... That beetle is huge, I'd have had a heart attack if one if mine found that! Nat
ReplyDeleteArgh! Huge beastie! What a brave little man.
ReplyDeleteMAdison xxx
My 3 and a half year old loves looking at slugs in the forest.
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