On Tuesday I took ColtonColton aka: Moose, Duece, Colt, CJ
Age: 3
Favorite Word: Fart
Hobbies:  Playing in the dirt, setting off fire alarms at preschool and bossing people around.
Best Qualities:  The sweetest disposition this side of the Mississippi. to the toy store and he chose this. KeenanKeenan aka: Kman
Age: 14
"Special" Qualities: Door slamming, stomping and eye rolling (can do it all in one impressive motion).
Best Qualities: The softest kindest heart, hysterical and quite charming when he tries. and NoahNoah aka: Mac Daddy
Age: 12
"Special" Qualities: Holds a grudge for longer than you can remember the offense. Talks nonstop
Best Qualities: Wakes up with a smile every day and walks to the beat of his own drum. both had this same toy and I felt all nostalgic and happy. EVERY boy should catch bugs. It's a right of passage.


Later that evening, just before JJJ aka: Depends on my mood.
What I love:He looks good in a cowboy hat or a business suit and wears them both daily. But not together, that would be creepy.
Hobbies: Building furniture, remodeling homes, playing sports with our kids, laughing with me. Seriously. and I were walking out the door for our date night, Colton and Keenan (our babysitter for the night) came in and showed us a baby lizard that they had found, caught and put in Colton's bug cage.

Teary-eyed (because OMG how cute is Mr. Cool Teenager who once had this very same toy now catching lizards with his younger brother?) I said, "WOW. He is SO cool."  Upon seeing my teary-eyes,  Keenan rolled his.

Later that evening when we returned, we found the bug cage sitting on the kitchen counter. Like this.


And guess what was missing? That's right. The cool little lizard. We searched the entire upstairs floor of our house, but seriously, it was the tiniest thing I have ever seen. No luck.

Colton was pretty upset about the missing lizard. "Lizzie" as he called him or her. I am not sure how you tell such things in a two inch lizard. To make up for the missing lizard, J bought him this.



You all see where this is going. Yes? One morning I will awaken to a lizard on my face, go screeching through the house in terror and find "Dukas" floating on the top of his tank.

And then what? A snake?