Leapin' Lizards & Cute Cousins

Cool...a lizard!!

Rachel thought the lizard would want to try the slide!

Little Lizard Charmer

Cute Cousins

More Cute Cousins

The boys

The girls

This afternoon, we were playing on the playground and Rachel found a lizard. Actually, Bradley found it first, because it was in the playhouse and he was panicking, trying to get out and get away from it. He was pretty funny making his little whimpers as he tried to climb out the window. The lizard was green and tiny, but since Bradley had never seen one before, I'm sure he was very scared and didn't understand what it was. Anyway, Rachel loved this little lizard. She caught him...he was kinda sluggish...and carried him around the playground. She thought he might want to try out her slide and sit at the picnic table. I'm sure the poor lizard was hoping to escape from Rachel as soon as possible, but he hung in there for awhile. I was impressed that Rachel was so "cool" about touching the lizard. She wasn't in the least bit scared of it. Eventually, Bradley ended up touching it too. He even picked it up by the tail and threw him down. Gotta love his gentle way with animals! :)

This evening, Thomas and Heather came over and they played with Rachel and Bradley for a couple of hours. All 4 cousins were ecstatic to see each other (all we needed was Juj). There was alot of hugging and squealing and jumping around. Rachel was the little "mother" teaching Heather and Thomas things and showing them how to play with different toys. She also wanted to hold Heather and wanted Thomas to watch her do every trick she could think of. Bradley enjoyed all the mayhem and jumped when they jumped and couldn't keep his hands off Heather. He was adorable, coming up to her and tickling her feet and kissing her little face. They all had a really good time together. Rachel wanted her and Heather to take a bath together and then the boys to take one together. That was fun watching them interact in the tub. Heather grinned at Rachel and made some big splashes for a little baby girl. Rachel LOVED having her in there. Thomas and Bradley weren't really interested in taking a bath together or at all. They wanted to be out of the tub, playing. So, their bath was quite short. Anyway, it was a fun couple of hours with the cousins!