After my last post I got a lot of "are you okay?" comments. Yes, yes, we are doing well! Part of the blessing of a time crunch is that we don't have time to hassle with un-well-ness. Things are resolved as quickly as possible so that we can go back to enjoying time together when we can. And there are times when things aren't THAT busy. Times like these:
And times like these:
And like these:
Purchasing and carving pumpkins AFTER Halloween is much easier on the pocket book. I think that's our new yearly plan.
And we've had plenty of time to play with our new favorite pet who is now officially named Cuddles. There are about 20 billion reasons why a ball python is better than a dog. Here are a few:
And if you're wondering why it was named a ball python, here's a clue:
Note, that's after we pulled him out of the cage. He sits like that all the time, and often he'll stay like that for a few more minutes after we pull him out, until the kids prod him into moving. ... A ball python, I've decided, is a bit more like a toy than a pet. Which is fine by me. Best toy ever!
Little moments of good times hold our family's life together. I'm determined to be a bit less stressed this term and a bit more focused on creating good moments with and for the kids. Wish me luck!
5 comments:
Ok so my first thought when I saw that first picture was "Oh, look at Tamra holding a baby like it doesn't freak her out at all!" haha...I thought it was funny. And I wanna come hang out with you and Rebecca...no fair.
And I think a python would be sweet...we'll keep it in the idea drawer. Oh, but do you feed it live mice?
Yes, yes, come hang out with us! That would be lovely.
Not all babies freak me out all the time. I like holding babies a TON more now that I know I'm done having my own. They're suddenly precious and cute and squishable. It's a weird change. (Still, babies under 5 weeks old are ... fragile. Rebecca's babies don't count, though. They feel kinda like my own. I was holding Baby Jeep when he was just a few days old.)
We don't feed our snake live mice. You can, but we don't. Some snakes apparently object to eating dead ones, but ours isn't picky.
You feed it about as often as you would change batteries.
Justin, snakes don't have batteries.
We're feeding him every 2 weeks or so right now. Over the winter it's maybe once a winter (which would be fantastic!).
We now have frozen mice in the freezer. Weird.
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