Crabby

Crabs are cute, right?

I mean, look at this cute little guy we sculpted for the top of Chase's birthday cake?

 And look at this darling little crab on this outfit I used to put Chase in all the time.

It even says, "I'm cute!" on it.

Wrong.

Real life crabs are not cute. In fact, they terrify me. 

I'm pretty sure they are evil. I know classify them similarly to snakes, which is my least favorite animal. Ever. 

A few days ago I was coming back from my morning walk with Chase. I was pulling the stroller up the stairs backwards (a skill I've perfected down here). I thought I heard someone coming up behind me, but a glance over my shoulder showed no one was there. I kept going up the stairs, and heard the sound again. I glanced down and saw this creepy guy right there by my foot!

 Of course, I screamed (not unlike the time a few weeks ago I was walking and suddenly saw a 4 foot long boa constrictor on the sidewalk right in front of me). I pushed the stroller back down the stairs, pulled Chase out, and darted up the stairs staying as far away from those evil little pinchers as possible. I know Disney makes that funny little Sebastian look cute and endearing, but in my experience, real life crabs are just terrifying.

On a totally unrelated note, Sunday was a big day for our branch. We got cushioned folding chairs! After sitting on the hard metal ones for three hours every week for the last year, we loved it! And it's much quieter when Chase hits toys on the chairs. We did cause quite the commotion when Chase tried to crawl under a chair after a stray toy. The old, metal chairs just had one bar connecting the legs and Chase easily fit through the space. These new, fancy chairs, have two bars. Chase wiggled between them to retrieve the toy, but then got his little head STUCK! Right as the sacrament hymn was starting. Chase laughed at first, then started screaming as I tried to free him. After several failed attempts, Ben squeezed in and freed the poor boy. Chase was fairly traumatized. It's funnier in hindsight than it was at the time!

And just because no post would be complete without recent pictures of Chase, here are a few I snapped this morning.

Chase LOVES Mickey Mouse Clubhouse!