My husband picked up a date at the wedding this weekend

Some friends decided to walk down to the beach between wedding and reception this past weekend. On our stroll through the grass, Sydney stooped down and picked up what soon appeared to be a (gigantic!) praying mantis! She really seemed to like Sydney; when he handed her over to another friend, she took one look at the new guy and flew back over to Sydney. She then walked up his jacket (yes, praying mantis on a suit, quite a vision), up his neck, in his hair, and onto his forehead. Apparently Sydney couldn’t really feel what he was doing, so he walked around for about ten minutes with her perched up high on his head. Really, she seemed quite attached. The camera phones were going for this one, I have to tell you. At the thought of bringing such a “present” back to the wedding party and offering it to the bride, Sydney laughed more delightedly than I’d have thought possible for him at a wedding. Thankfully, he didn’t think it appropriate to act on his evil thoughts, and his admirer eventually flew off. Some guys bond at a wedding by swapping stories. My husband picks up a bug and shows her off . . .

Erin

Then again, I suppose it’s difficult to resist the look of adoration in those (multi-faceted) eyes.