Sunday, September 7, 2014

This is Getting Out of Control

This is currently residing in our cooler. 


The three lizards that came home from the lake a few weekends ago made a speedy escape when the wind blew over the cooler several nights ago.

The lizard habitat was quickly transformed into a spider habitat. 

This is the spider that the little guy begged to take with us to the lake. I said, "No, I don't think we are going to haul it with us for the weekend, but I guess you can check with your dad."

I really should have left off the "check with your dad" part.

Dad loaded it up and took it along.

I will admit...the spider is a pretty good babysitter.  My son spends a fair amount of time hunched over the cooler observing the spiders every move.  Even more time is spent catching bugs to feed it.

I was hoping for a wind gust to knock over the cooler before we came home.

No such luck.

In addition, we brought home 5 crawdads to add to the family.

People, I am not equipped for this!

I would like to think I am a fairly good mom of boys.  I love sports, camping, hiking, bike riding, swimming, and will even play a video game now and then.  I would much rather play catch with a ball than play dress up with barbies.

But my spunky youngest son is pushing the limit. I do not scream in a frenzy of fear when I see a spider or snake, but I am not a fan. 

Not even close.

This little zoo we are running is nearly pushing me over the edge.

 WINTER CANNOT GET HERE FAST ENOUGH.

1 comment:

flute4peace said...

So glad I found your blog again - this had me rolling! I really miss not seeing the family/catching up much anymore, and this helps. And yes you can draw the line at snakes - they're evil - it's Biblical you know ;)