Now, a couple of years ago, this would have made my inner girl scream out “EWWW!”

But, living with three little boys (and one big boy) has toughened me up a lot.

So now, when I find A BIG GREEN CATERPILLAR crawling out of the broccoli that I was just about to steam for dinner…

…I just think of it as an opportunity to show the boys something really cool.

Which is easy, because they think almost anything gross or dangerous is cool.

I guess it proves that the vegetables from the “fresh market” are in fact both fresh, and not covered in pesticides – just like they promised.

A little extra protein with your veggies, anyone?

(No caterpillers were harmed in the making of this blog post. It was released back to the wild.)