Bee Movie

It has been incredibly chilly every morning this week. The hubbie and I have the kids loaded (contained) in the car ready to go to church. He notices a very lethargic bee (really, it's a yellow jacket) on our back porch. If you poked it, there was slight movement. The little guy was very cold. I got the brilliant idea to grab a jar from the recycle bin about five feet away and capture the frozen thing.

I don't know about you, but I loved catching bugs and looking at them up close when I was a kid. I know it's a long, slow way for a bug to die, but in this case, the world is a better place with one less yellow jacket. All the kids at church thought it was so cool to get a look at this buzzing creature. One kid had a run in with some bees recently and kept his distance for a bit. Trust me, I screwed the lid on incredibly tight.

One kid asked me why God made yellow jackets, the only silly answer I had was "He has some extra yellow paint." I don't know!

Anyway, in the car, the little bugger would slightly move a leg on the way to church. But just as I thought, he got warmed up in the car and suddenly his belly is pumping and his wings are fluttering, and he is acting like the yellow jacket he is--ticked off!

JM has named him Joshua. Before we settled on Joshua, he also went through the litany of his friends names, and I told him it wouldn't be nice to name a yellow jacket after one of his friends. He doesn't have a friend named Joshua. Yes, the video above is about ten seconds and lays to the side. Trust me, the video in the theaters is more exciting. The only interesting thing about Joshua is he can buzz quite loudly, enough to hear through the glass into my little digital camera.

I'll let you know when Joshua goes to yellow jacket heaven. Currently, he is alive and buzzing.