The Grasshopper Club

One of the blessings of having both boys in the same classroom at school is hearing about their day and watching them continue their best friend adventures outside of home.  Their biggest adventure at school is their "Grasshopper Club".  This is a complex organized club made up of boys only with levels of 'masters' and 'training'.  Both boys are at 'master' level b/c they accomplished the initiation requirement of catching a required number of grasshoppers.  They now have the duty of continuing to catch grasshoppers and training potential members on how to catch them.  This club meets on Monday, Wednesday and Fridays only because on these days their recess takes place in the best environment for finding grasshoppers.  Tuesday and Thursdays are spent swinging.

They not only catch grasshoppers but are even praised more for efforts to catch butterflies, lizards, frogs, lucasses (locus) and moths.  They come home every day talking about a new species of insects they have discovered.  The most recent discovery is the 'butterslopper'.  This is an insect that is part butterfly and grasshopper.  While I'm most sure buttersloppers are not legit insects, it's a prize catch in the Grasshopper Club because it can fly and hop at the same time. 

Today, they were a little disappointed because they can no longer use their secret hide out. 

Me: "How was the Grasshopper Club today?"

BB: "Not so good."

Me: "Why?"

CB: "Well, Mrs. Landry said we can't use our secret hideout any more."

Me: "I'm sorry.  Why can't you?"

BB: "She can't see us."

They informed me that this coming Friday will be well spent on coming up with a new secret hideout with a little grasshopper catching.  And they hope that one of their friends will become a master as he is learning to catch grasshoppers. 

This bond between my boys reminds me to NEVER let anyone make me feel that having twins is a burden.  I pray their friendship continues beyond Grasshopper Clubs and well into their adult life where clubs become brotherhood.  Thank you, God, for the gift of these two boys and the joy they bring me every day.