Pets

Ok, so we are most likely in the process of trying to get rid of our cats as they have been misbehaving. In the meantime Caleb is trying his best to bring reptiles into the house. A couple of weeks ago there was a rather large lizard under our front porch, which he was actually afraid of and since then it has been the talk of the house. I agree, it was large, longer than my hand and we think that it may have been someones pet that got out. Since that day we have not seen it, but he still looks every time we go out the door.

Yesterday we took a trip to Kristie (Marks sister) and Pete's house to meet their new baby Noah that was born on Monday (so cute!). It was really eventful. We found a baby lizard in a spider web that was still alive and saved it...well sort of. Preston and Caleb took me for a walk out into the fields and they decided to go swimming in the pond (which was not really my idea). The cows yelled at us the entire time and when Preston was done swimming he scolded them. We lost a shoe in the field and found it and then Kristie rescued me and we went for a ride out into the woods and played in a creek. Picked up a turtle that was probably a snapper so sent it back to the fields. Ate awesome BBQ by uncle Pete and then headed home.

Back to the lizard....it was probably on its last leg since it had been in a spider web for awhile, but after Caleb gave him a bath (and was upset because I would not get him a towel), dropped him through the cracks of the deck, lost a small part of his tail (it was a blue one so I think sometime they fall off in distress), it was either playing dead or was really dead. Caleb decided to toss it off the deck and leave it there. Whew, we made it out without a huge fight to leave it there, but wish it would have been alive when we left. He decided that he wanted to get fish from the pet store instead, but Mark told him he had to keep his room clean for a week before he could get any animals

Well today was his lucky day. My dad called to see if he wanted to go catch butterflies with his new net they bought last weekend and so they were off to the river. He brought back all sorts of shells, a baseball and golf ball for Mark and.........two baby frogs. He really likes the frogs, but one of them did not survive. He had no problem taking it outside and throwing it off the deck. You always worry about the whole death and dying thing with kids and apparently he is pretty ruthless. I sure hope if something happens to me I don't get thrown off a deck somewhere. Anyway we had to go to the pet store and get a cage for the frog and Caleb is very proud of it. I sure hope the frog enjoyed his/her bedtime story and is still breathing in the morning. What a great weekend!!!