This weekend was Fall Creek Fun Fest, and Sam got to be in the parade! He was SO excited about it. His cub scout pack, Pack 79, had a float and Sam got to be the one "roasting" the chicken over the fire. It was really a nice parade, I was impressed for such a small town. Then we went to the park and had the charcoal chicken lunch, played on games, had the kid's faces drawn as charatures, and visited with some of the "locals"...
Yesterday it was SOOOOOOOOO hot, so I had to run to town and I got (another) swimming pool, it is the 3rd attempt this summer to have a pool and so far we haven't been lucky. I got a blow up rectangle one 6' x 10' and it is a pretty pool. And best of all, no holes...wow, a new pool with no holes? Amazing. I put an old blanket down and got the thing pumped up and filled 1/3 of the way, I was afraid I'd suck the well dry if I filled it anymore! The sun heated it up very well and in the afternoon it was the only way we could have handled being outside...it felt really good and I actually got a nice little tan, first time this summer I think. The kids look like little coppertone babies now too. My mom came over and we just visited while the kids swam and occassionally we had to go in to cool down as well.
Today Sam and Becca were to go "finish" their rooms, they started yesterday, and the floors looked good...the dressers and closets however were full of everything from the floor...lovely.
Anyways, I was working on bids when Sam comes up really excited, I knew something must have happened. He told me that Jack, his corn snake he got for his birthday, shed his skin!
I was really excited too, I didn't even notice the signs like the cloudy eyes or dull skin, etc. But it was nice because we were trying to measure him the other day (really hard to measure a snake who likes to be coiled and curled in your hand!).
The skin however, was easy to measure...16" long. So, we will have to keep measuring and keep track of how many times he sheds his skin. The corn snake can get from 4'-6' long full grown (I'm hoping for 5' max!)
As a kid I had hamsters and gerbils, and everything really, but I am really getting into the reptiles and things like that much more. We love our hermit crabs and now Jack, he's a cool snake! We also have "Sam Jr." (Sam named him, don't blame me) which is a Red Bellied Northern Snake that is kept in our outside aquarium...to be honest, I'm surprised he is still alive, I guess we're feeding him enough and giving him what he needs. Yesterday Adelyn comes running to me saying, "A Like Me!" and I realized she was holding SJ in her hand...it was funny.
Yesterday it was SOOOOOOOOO hot, so I had to run to town and I got (another) swimming pool, it is the 3rd attempt this summer to have a pool and so far we haven't been lucky. I got a blow up rectangle one 6' x 10' and it is a pretty pool. And best of all, no holes...wow, a new pool with no holes? Amazing. I put an old blanket down and got the thing pumped up and filled 1/3 of the way, I was afraid I'd suck the well dry if I filled it anymore! The sun heated it up very well and in the afternoon it was the only way we could have handled being outside...it felt really good and I actually got a nice little tan, first time this summer I think. The kids look like little coppertone babies now too. My mom came over and we just visited while the kids swam and occassionally we had to go in to cool down as well.
Today Sam and Becca were to go "finish" their rooms, they started yesterday, and the floors looked good...the dressers and closets however were full of everything from the floor...lovely.
Anyways, I was working on bids when Sam comes up really excited, I knew something must have happened. He told me that Jack, his corn snake he got for his birthday, shed his skin!
I was really excited too, I didn't even notice the signs like the cloudy eyes or dull skin, etc. But it was nice because we were trying to measure him the other day (really hard to measure a snake who likes to be coiled and curled in your hand!).
The skin however, was easy to measure...16" long. So, we will have to keep measuring and keep track of how many times he sheds his skin. The corn snake can get from 4'-6' long full grown (I'm hoping for 5' max!)
As a kid I had hamsters and gerbils, and everything really, but I am really getting into the reptiles and things like that much more. We love our hermit crabs and now Jack, he's a cool snake! We also have "Sam Jr." (Sam named him, don't blame me) which is a Red Bellied Northern Snake that is kept in our outside aquarium...to be honest, I'm surprised he is still alive, I guess we're feeding him enough and giving him what he needs. Yesterday Adelyn comes running to me saying, "A Like Me!" and I realized she was holding SJ in her hand...it was funny.
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