Beetle Buggy Scared

 Several people have referred to Jess's love of bugs. Which always reminds me of this first major bug incident!

While we were at our friend's wedding this past weekend Jessie was inspecting some of the local wild life and picked up a rather large black beetle. The beetle, obviously not happy about this clamped down on her hand and would not let go. Jessie started to shake her hand and cried out "Mommy help! Buggy stuck!" I went over to her and tried to assist but that bug was NOT letting go. Jessie started to cry and I looked around rather helplessly when thankfully Rob squeezed the bug enough for it to release Jessie's hand. The bug hadn't even broken the skin, as far as we could see at the time (later a very tiny scratch did appear) but there was a large red spot that looked like it might bruise. That bug was clamped on really hard!

We could not believe how brave Jessie was during the whole incident. Frankly I think I would have freaked out if a large bug had clamped down on my hand but Jessie remained calm. Afterward she retold the story and said she had an "owee" on her hand because "Beetle buggy scared 'cause Jessie is a giant!"

She wasn't traumatized by the bug but was sure the bug might be!