Nobody loves me, everybody hates me I think I'll go and eat worms...
(picture from: http://www.soil-net.com/album/Soil-Net/Cast/slides/worm_01.html) We were at a birthday party on Sunday, bouncy castle, check, kids running wild, check, parents bored out of their minds after three hours of pass the parcel, check. When the children finally tired of piling on top of each other inside the inflatable castle, they began looking for other forms of entertainment ... bug hunting. My son, bug hunter- in- chief, led the hunt around the garden. I watched as the crowd of children grew larger around him as he bravely went where no bug hunter had gone before. "He poked a beetle" they yelled "He's holding a snail" they squealed "He ate a worm!" they screamed "WHAT!" I was over there in a flash. Turns out he didn't eat the worm, he put it in his mouth as a dare. But as word spread around the party table, the bravado wore off and I could see he was beginning to feel a little bit ashamed. Seizing the excuse ...