Our latest pet

I know I mentioned the frog that Nate caught on Sunday- we still have him, his name is Groda (Swedish for frog), and he is doing great. He's got Nate working for him when he gets home to catch him the next day's worth of flies to munch on. And I'm starting to think that Nate would do better as a Zoo Habitat engineer- you should see this box he's decked out for the frog- it's incredible :) I would get a picture but the flash is just going to reflect off the plastic. Someday I'll make Nate hold Mr. Groda for a picture. It's kind of fun though actually (I have to admit) watching him catch the flies and moths in his cage and eating them. I do like frogs. I don't know how long he will last though, so I'm trying not to get too attached!

So anyway- I don't think I've mentioned our latest pet- Lizzie. Lizzie is a lizard that Charity caught hanging around our air conditioner. She's getting really good at catching things- it's kind of fun. But she caught Lizzie on Thursday and she is still alive as well. The kids are really busy all the time finding bugs and such for the lizard and frog. It's been quite the job for everyone and it's been really fun for us to have a couple of pets around. Like I said though- I'm trying not to get too attached- hopefully they will be okay for a while, and stick around at least until the kids lose interest:)

(so in case this isn't enough wild life info for ya- we also had a snake on one of our window well covers the other day as well!! I opted not to pick him up. I'm not real sure what kind of snake it was. With all the talk of Rattlers in the area- I think it's best not to teach the kids to just pick up any old snake they see lying around. Frogs and lizards are okay, but the snakes.....that's a different story ;) But I did get a picture of the snake. If anyone knows what kind it is- feel free to fill me in!)

So apparently this is quite the location for wild life :) who knew!