Late yesterday afternoon I was in the yard and noticed Camron standing by his porch, looking at his house. It was very cold, and as usual, he didn't have a coat or shoes on and I could see he was shivering. I went to his yard and said, "Hey Camron. What's wrong?". He was looking at the windsock and said, "What is that thing?". "It's a windsock.", I told him. "What's it doing there?", he asked. "Your mother put it up for a Christmas decoration." I replied.
"Oh.", he said. "I thought it was a big spider."
I feel sort of badly about it but am still laughing. I forget how easy is is to be trapped outside of your own house by a gigantic green and red spider when you are in the second grade.
An evening with the grandparents took much of the chill away.
