As I wrote earlier, my stellar parents came to help with our move. They were such a huge help, I cant say that enough. Not only did they get stuff done, but they introduced my kids to their favorite thing about Texas: the critters! Earlier in the day my Dad had found a fat old toad which he hid away until he could show the girls later.
Tae really wanted to hold it but was afraid of getting warts (hence the rubber gloves). Those only lasted a little bit then came off in a hurry.
She is so proud of her toad holding capabilities (she is now quite the frog/lizard/snake catcher. She find them daily. We've had to start the rule of only keeping them for about 12 hours after we dehydrated 5 baby frogs -- we'd had them overnight and when we left for church they were fine. When we returned, all 5 were toast. Whoops!)
Now this picture is classic. My big, strong, manly-man hubby is not too fond of critters. He's a great spider remover as you saw earlier and has no fear of catching/killing/removing mice but snakes, lizards, frogs, crickets etc are so not his thing. Thus the reason it was good my parents came to help Taeya develop her animal catching abilities (I am not afraid or bothered by critters, I am just too ornery to spend the time looking for them and catching them). Well Tae, in all her seven year old mischief, thought it would be hilarious to put the toad on her Daddy's leg (which it totally was)! Tony just kept saying 'get if off. Okay Tae, get it off' with a grossed out look on his face. He is fine with helping the girls find their animals, just don't expect him to get too hands on with the actual animals. When we ask the girls which they prefer: Texas or Arizona they both say TX because 'you can catch frogs and snakes and lizards'.
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