Larry the Lizard

Jacob just came charging into the office and put a dixie cup in my face. "I caught a lizard," he exclaimed with glee. WHOA! Wait. "You brought a lizard in the house? Cover that cup? Don't you know that lizards can skitter out of a cup?"

"Mom," he calmly replied to my hysterics "it's a dead lizard."

"Are you sure it's dead? That's a trick lizards use to escape" I inform him.

"It's not moving."

Well, I wanted it outside anyway. Gross. But then I got to thinking... isn't it a huge compliment when a 7 year old runs to his mother to tell her about the lizard he caught? I was on the first to know list. So, I went downstairs and outside to hear about his fancy find.

By my estimation, the lizard IS in fact dead. And if it is super good at faking it, it's going to be really dead soon. Jacob has rolled down the dixie cup to secure the top and then he stores it in the BBQ grill. Great.

Jessica is so happy that "Larry the Lizard" lives at our house too. "Larry the Lizard" is the class pet at her preschool. It is any lizard that shows itself in the backyard during outside time.

Now my mind is compiling a list of things Jacob does to show me he loves me:

*Draws a pictures of us together with hearts around it with the words, "i love you." (okay so that's a bit obvious)

but there are other NOT so OBVIOUS expressions:

*Hiding his snack/candy/cracker wrappers under his bed so I don't have to know that he's spoiled his dinner.

*Kicking his clean clothes under the bed so I can see carpet when I walk into his room.

*Sleeping on top of his covers, so his bed is made each morning.

*Leaving his swords or lightsabers on the floor by the door just in case I need to defend myself from an intruder.

*Running around the backyard in his white socks so I have plenty of chances to use my Shout sprayer.

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I interrupt this post because Jacob just carried in "Bob's" tail and dangled it in my face. Apparently this isn't Larry. Also Bob & tail are NOT attached.

Thanks for sharing son! If any of you need help catching dead lizards at your house, you just let me know. I'm sure something could be worked out for a nominal fee.