Chocolate Covered What's?

This is pretty funny. M&M texted us while they were in Cali to let us know that they went to some kind of bug, insect, weird store and that they bought chocolate covered crickets for the kids. I told her that this might have to end our friendship if this was for real. So when they came over for dinner, sure enough, she brought candy covered Ants, cheddar cheese Larvets, cheddar and bacon crickets, chocolate covered surprise, and a candied cricket. For those of you that know Nathan well, the fact that they remained in the house for as long as they did was a surprise. I couldn't even look or go near them. M said that it's a cultural thing and that a students grandmother brought him in a bag of chocolate covered crickets once. They go out into the fields to collect bugs and then cook them up with all sorts of chocolates and flavors. This is what I don't understand. If they can afford to buy flavorings then why do they need to out and gather insects?! Why don't they just buy more edible foods. I am sure that God did not intend for us to eat the bugs. They are there for larger animals to eat, not humans. Back to my story. So M was set on the fact that our kids were going to try at least one thing. I told her that they were not going to do anything unless she tried something.

This is her trying a chocolate covered surprise. Does it look like she's having fun. It looks like she's not really trying to have it touch too much of her mouth and that she's trying to make it seem yummy:)
Here's Nathan restraining Taylor from trying to lick the candy covered ant farm.
Love this look!
And Andrew is fascinated with Buggies!

So after a while of taunting and playing with the bugs in their boxes, Nathan steps up and says something like "Oh sure kids go ahead, everyone's doing it. It's the cool thing to do. Right M like when they go out with their friends and everyone's drinking and sure it's okay to just take one sip." The light went off in M's head and she starts to cry. She would never do anything intentionally wrong and when she realized what was going on she got really upset and felt horrible. Way to go Nate. It was a good learning experience for the kids. They were able to experience a situation that will come later in their lives and they can look back to this moment and remember to make the right choice. So off to the trash went the buggies and it was never spoken of again:)

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