Poor Mr. Roly Poly

This poor little roly poly was the subject of Natalie's curiosity the other day. She is fascinated by nature, large and small, but she will rarely touch anything herself. Usually when we point out a frog, ant, spider, etc., she responds with "Mama (or Dada) pick it up!" Depending on the critter, sometimes we will, but she is quick to pull her hand away when we try to hand it off. But when Allen picked up this roly poly he was able to drop it into her hand before she could pull it away. Once she realized that it wouldn't hurt her, she had fun rolling it around in her hands and examining it. That is, until she dropped it on the ground. And then we decided to release Mr. Roly Poly back into the wild.

Hey, this isn't so scary after all!

Poke. Poke. Are you in there?

Come on out and play, Mr. Roly Poly!

Whee! Mr. Roly Poly rolls just like a ball!