Pine Cones

Little John had another track meet this weekend so Max & I went to watch him (John took Sam to work with him). While we were there we were resting under a shade tree, when all of a sudden Max found some pine cones. Apparently this was the first time he has ever seen these because he was so excited. They entertained him for hours and I was very grateful for those little gems! He was hugging them, kissing them, rubbing them up against his face (all which seems pretty painful if you ask me), rolling them on the ground. When we left we loaded them all up into our bag. As soon as we got home he insisted on unloading them. As he was getting out of the car he dropped one. As it hit the ground 15 or so, bugs scattered across the garage. I almost died!! Just a few hours earlier he had those cones up to his mouth. Uggggghhhh..... gross!