Twister the Cricket

Katie's afterschool group recently learned about crickets.  They kept a cricket diary, and then were given their very own pet cricket to bring home.  Katie named hers Twister, or Twister Storm if you want to use his last name also (not TwisterStorm, as I kept calling him).  Twister lived in a bowl, drank water from a sponge, and ate fruit.  I was in charge of changing his food and water every other day since Katie was afraid she might actually touch him.  :)


Since his bowl was getting a bit yucky, after keeping him at home for just over a week, we decided to let Twister go back to his natural habitat over the weekend.

Katie and Twister

Twister, sitting on his sponge

We released Twister into our back yard at lunchtime.  Katie was concerned that if we waited too long, he wouldn't be able to find adequate shelter before nightfall.  How sweet!

Ready to release Twister

Jump like the wind, little buddy!

And Twister did jump out into the yard and hop away.  The cutest pictures is the one I didn't get...  Katie sitting on the edge of her bed that evening, listening out the window, counting the chirps to see if Twister was telling her the temperature outside.  


We hope you're doing well in your outdoor home, Twister!


And I learned something very important...  we're not ready for a pet any bigger than a cricket.  Yet.  The girls just aren't responsible enough to handle it.  Some day, though.  Some day.