birthday party!!!

skylar and bia were invited to a birthday

party that had a reptile theme! we made it a

family event, and i'm glad russ was there to help!

the "reptile man" was there... he waltzed in with

his rubbermaid containers full of, you guessed

it, reptiles. (and a few other things.)

skylar held a tarantula

a scorpion (which also crawled all over me!)

a baby aligator

an anaconda

and a lizard! she was afraid at 1st, but she wanted to join

in and hold everything IF her daddy was holding it with

her. i was shocked she even agreed to that! she takes

after me, and doesn't even like dogs. haha!

on the way home, she asked for a pet tarantula and then

told us about how fragile he is, and all his air pockets that

would pop and kill him if he was dropped. she was taking

it all in! she basically reiterated the reptile man's facts

about all the creatures. it was pretty cute, and a nice

change from the princess party! ;-)