Orkin Bug Wisdom Backyard Explorers Kit Giveaway

Ah, summertime. The heat and humidity bring out all sorts of wonderful things. Frizzy hair, bored kids, every type of bug known to mankind… luckily, the kids and the bugs don't care much about my hair.

We've gotten a lot of rain this summer, which seems to have amplified all of the above. We've found all sorts of creepy crawlies in the garden and on the veggies we've harvested. Yikes!

I can't say I've spent much time pondering which one is my spirit bug. Have you?


Take the Spirit Bug quiz and leave a comment below for a chance to win a Backyard Explorers Kit from Orkin, featuring an activity book, cool shades and a bug viewer. I'll pick a winner at random on July 19th, in honor of Jasper's birthday!





Each household is only eligible to win 1 Orkin Backyard Explorers Kit via blog reviews and giveaways. Only one entrant per mailing address per giveaway. If you have won the same prize on another blog, you will not be eligible to win it again. Winner is subject to eligibility verification. The prize will be sent via FedEx or USPS. No P.O. Boxes please. The prizing, along with the promotional content in this post, is provided by Orkin LLC.

Caterpillar Girl

Here's a wriggling mass of fuzzy caterpillars stuck to a tree in our front yard. Roo found it but she didn't want to get too close. She almost burst into tears when her daddy said he was going to get rid of them because they would kill the tree. (Four year olds are so melodramatic.) She has plenty of compassion for the downtrodden, that kid.



Jasper was blissfully ignorant of the circle of life tableaux unfolding beside him. Which is just as well, since he probably would've popped a couple of 'em into his mouth. Roo didn't want to be photographed with the caterpillar hive, you know because they're icky, but she wanted it documented for her teachers since they were learning about the little critters in school. Naturally, she made her little brother pose with it for a sense of scale…



In the end, Roo let Bob leave the silky tangle out in the driveway so birds and the hot Kansas sun could do the dirty work. Her hands and her conscience were left moderately clean.