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Home » Slugs, slime and little girls

Slugs, slime and little girls

June 28, 2012 by admin 16 Comments

So tonight the kids were playing out in the garden while I cleaned the kitchen. After a few minutes little S came running to the door, with something dripping from her hands.

‘Mummy, I’ve been picking up slugs, they are all squishy‘

This is not an unusual occurance, she has an odd fascination with bugs, worms and slugs generally. The stuff dripping from both her hands however, was new.

For some reason I panicked, thinking it was the remnants of the poor little slug she’d picked up not so gently. I carried her upstairs, instructed her not to touch me or anything else and put her straight in the bath.

Once she was surrounded by sweet smelling bubbles, Z came in and said ‘Daddy told us not to wash our hands in the water butt, S is naughty isn’t she?‘

Suddenly it dawned on me what had been dripping from her hands.

S said ‘but Mum, I wanted to put the slug back in the soil with his friends, and then had to wash my hands, he was slimy!‘

 

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  1. Hilda Hazel Wright

    June 28, 2012 at 3:21 pm

    Urghhh just reading about them makes me shudder! Yuk! 😉

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    • admin

      June 29, 2012 at 8:56 pm

      I know, she is so brave!

      Reply
  2. @mummydaddyme

    June 28, 2012 at 5:35 pm

    Ewwwww. Slugs make me feel a bit bleugh! x

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    • admin

      June 29, 2012 at 8:56 pm

      and me!

      Reply
  3. HELEN

    June 29, 2012 at 9:34 am

    only S hey! bet she smelt lovely after having a dip in the water butt!
    x

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    • admin

      June 29, 2012 at 8:55 pm

      hmmmmmm, and its not scared her off slugs either!

      Reply
  4. HonestMum

    June 30, 2012 at 7:40 am

    Hahah! We love snails in this house-to play with and when in France, to eat! Yum x

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  5. Louise

    June 30, 2012 at 7:43 pm

    A worm was not as lucky with my boy last year!

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    • admin

      July 1, 2012 at 7:33 am

      eeeek…we’ve had some close calls 🙂

      Reply
  6. Actually Mummy...

    July 1, 2012 at 1:15 pm

    Bleuuurrrrgh! So glad I wasn’t there! V squeamish

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  7. Chris at Thinly Spread

    July 1, 2012 at 7:11 pm

    BB has a thing about woodlice, as did his sister who popped one into my hand many years ago – I thought it was a little black ball until it unravelled showing me all its horrible little legs! Bleurgh to slugs, nasty veg chomping devils! Thanks for linking again this week (I changed the link URL because it wasn’t working, hope that was ok! xxx)

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  8. Sian

    July 2, 2012 at 7:47 am

    Slugs, ughhhh. I remember my brother putting his foot in his shoe when we were camping and finding something a bit squishy in there!!!! hm, I think I may remind him : )

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  9. Molly

    July 3, 2012 at 7:15 pm

    Ewwww. Good for her though – I love that she doesn’t shy away from slimy stuff (unlike me!).

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  10. Emma

    July 4, 2012 at 2:48 pm

    Far braver than me! I hate slugs. Our beer slug trap has been working wonders in the garden, although they only seem to like one kind of beer!! :/

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  11. allotmentmum

    July 4, 2012 at 9:22 pm

    Perhaps she should drown them in the water butt? We are plagued by snails – I’m on a mission to exterminate them.

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    • admin

      July 6, 2012 at 2:28 pm

      now theres a plan!

      Reply

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