Ah, grasshopper...

We were at the pool in Ann Arbor this weekend while visiting Miss M's grandparents. Every Sunday night they have "Coals and Ice" and allow their members to bring food to grill. The place is packed with dripping kids and family picnics, table space is at a premium and the volume is steadily increasing as parents sip glasses of wine and beer.

We're enjoying our own little family picnic with a few of the G-parents friends when out of nowhere this strange little boy comes up to our table and proudly announces, "I have a grasshopper on top of my head!" Of course we all look at his head and sure enough, he has a grasshopper crawling around his little blond toe head. "Wow, you sure do." Little boy replies, "Yup, he just jumped up there."

Little boy walks away to accost some other table with his pet grasshopper and we continue our picnic. About 20 minutes later little boy comes back, "He's still here!" Hmmm, little boy getting stranger. About 20 minutes after that little boy comes back again, "He got hungry so I'm feeding him," (an edemame bean) "He's eating it slowly, one molecule at a time."

Strange little boy came over at least four times that night, always with his new best friend. And no, no one knew who this little boy was - not even the G-parents.

Weird night at the pool.