R.I.P. Little Scooter

Well, Scooter the snail has finally passed. His time with us was short (a whopping 18 days) but he will truly be missed. (well, really only by Max) We've actually been trying to decide if he was dead or not for the last 7 days now so who knows when he actually died? All I know is that he's "officially" dead now. 

The "official" discovery of Scooters death

Surprisingly, Max didn't shed any tears today as we performed a funeral for Scooter. I guess he got all his tears out the other day when we first discovered he "might" be dead. First, Max and Scott built him a coffin out of a toilet paper roll.

I gotta tell ya... this thing stank like rotten eggs!

 

We decided to bury him on the side of the house so Scott dug him a little grave.

Max literally threw him into the hole!

And there he lies in his cold shallow grave.

Earlier, while we were talking to Max about how he felt about Scooters death, he said to us, "It's OK dad...Scooter is dead...but now he's free at last!" So Max made a make-shift tombstone out of a rock with that quote on it. (and honestly, it was all his idea)

The boys all said a little prayer for him.

Then the boys took turns kicking the dirt back over the hole and Max placed his little rock tombstone on top.

And so...there lies Scooter. (until the next person buys this house, sees it, and decides to dig his little rotting carcass up) R.I.P. little buddy!

Though Max was visibly distraught, he did OK for having to bury his first "pet."

And Titus....well, let's just say, he really could have cared less about the whole thing! He was just happy to be there!

Believe it or not, there will not be a reception following his funeral. You will all just have to grieve his death on your own time.