Houston, we have a problem. And it is ALL MY FAULT.
About a month ago, or maybe even longer, I peered into a certain terrarium and found that one of the residents was showing the sky the bottom of its feet.
A Bess Beetle was dead. Deader than dead. Dead as a doornail.
I had a choice. I could tell Alexis right then and there, or I could make the beetle disappear and wait for her to notice that one was missing and THEN explain. She was in a particularly sad panda mood that day, so I took the prize behind door number two. The husband disposed of a dead beetle when Alexis wasn't paying attention. I mentally prepared for discovery.
I'm still waiting.
Alexis STILL HAS NOT NOTICED OMG.
She wanted those things so bad, but has paid absolutely no attention to them in WEEKS. WEEEEEEKS.
Which, really, so what? Whether or not she pays attention to them impacts me not at all, except that it does because about a week ago I realized that Bess Beetle number two had bit the dust. Literally. It was sitting awkwardly in the dirt, all sorts of dead and stuff.
It's still there.In the terrarium. Dead.
WHAT DO I DO? Do I make the second one disappear? Do I trick Alexis into noticing? Do I just keep pretending I have no clue about anything? WHAT DO I DO?
I'm going with the science experiment option for now. Didja know that a dead Bess Beetle looks exactly the same as an alive-but-sleeping Bess Beetle? I know that now!
(So, how much would it cost me for one of you to tell the kid her bugs are dead?)
