After the kids birthday barbecue, I asked them “Do you want to catch fireflies?” Gillian said “Yes!” John was a little unsure. But after he heard how excited Gillian was, he changed his mind. We found a jar and headed to the backyard. Aunt Missy caught the first one, and we put him in the jar. Gillian was a little scared. “I’s not going to touch them!” John wasn’t afraid. He caught one and before I could get the top on the jar I heard “I got one!” He ended up catching them all. He’s like the firefly whisperer!
We kept them in a jar for awhile. John asked me a lot of questions about fireflies. “What do they eat?” “What do they do during the day?” “Where do they sleep?” “Why do they light up?” I really don’t know much about fireflies so I couldn’t answer his questions. Luckily for me, he got bored and went inside. Gillian then got worried and said “We should let them go!” So we let out. We will definitely catch fireflies again this summer. It was so much fun.
John and Gill went up a hill 