Biologist Cowboy - Cleanliness Optional

May 7, 2008

My youngest two decided to be cowboys today. But even cowboys need to take a break from the open range now and then to investigate microscopic pond life.

In this photo Laurent is using a pipette to "suck up" minute wiggling animals from the water. He can stare at ~~last year's flooded sandbox~~ the pond, for what seems like hours, and find the smallest critters. He collected a few in an upturned mini-pylon (?) and was heart broken when it fell over spilling it's 3 prized specimens the size of the period at the end of this sentence. With a furrowed brow and a respect-for-the-dead intonation he kept murmuring to himself at lunch "I think I only lost 3".

Maybe we shouldn't have taught him quite so much of a respect for all living things. On another note, Laurent returned to cowboy like behavior this evening when I told him to wash his face. Kind of bothered that I reminded him he responded defensively, "I washed my face already, last night!" What can I say, he's my extremely inquisitive, sensitive hearted, dirty faced (I'm not even going to tell you how filthy his feet are) biologist cowboy and I love 'im!