Wormie

After our recent fishing trip, Grace is convinced that there are no fish in the lake. She says the lake is filled with worms. We can't convince her otherwise. (So much for our angling skills!) We brought the leftover bait home and let them loose in our flower bed. She and Sam spent many afternoons digging up the worms and observing them. Grace named one of them "Wormie."

Grace has been making up stories about Wormie ever since our trip. Wormie has gone swimming, accompanied Grace to Knott's Berry Farm, and gone looking for his mommy in the dark woods. Sometimes he is represented by a string that Grace has found around the house. Once I inadvertently threw Wormie into the trash (there were tears aplenty after that mistake--how was I to know that the string would always be Wormie?).

Wormie has also inspired Gracie's desire to write. She wants to write Wormie's name. This has blossomed into a desire to write the names of all our family members. We currently write the names together, but she will soon begin to write them on her own. What an exciting time! And it was all started because of a worm.