The Trap

Today was a laid back Saturday.

We were all home most of the day together.

This evening, we were gathering cards

to play a game.

From somewhere, a mouse trap ended up

on the table.

Luke began setting and snapping it shut with

a pencil, card or other object.

Jordan challenged Luke to set it off with his finger.

"Watch, it's easy!"
Jordan said as he carefully set it off and
we watched nervously.

Luke reset it, with his older brothers challenging

him to touch it.

Luke would very cautiously start to touch it,

with them coaxing him to touch it.

SNAP,

it would go off with them yelling, "Chicken!"

as he set it off with his pencil again.

Jordan set it and touched it ever

so quickly again, making me get so nervous!

This would cause Luke to again, reset it and try to

muster up some courage.

I got so nervous watching Luke, I had to leave the room.

Boys are very strange creatures!

This to me was torture, yet the competitive

nature and being challenged by

your brothers was enough to

make you stick your finger onto a loaded trap.

Luke never set it off with his finger.

Maybe some time he'll be brave enough to

conquer the trap and then challenge

his younger brothers.

What fun memories we made as

we sat watching the antics, nervously

laughing at Luke!
There's a clown in every family, can you
guess who our's is???