Critters

Christian brought something home from work for the boys.

They played with it for a bit and it almost went up Chrstian's pant leg. All of the boys like to play with critters, but Levi has a particular fondness for them.

Here is his little bull frog that now lives in a box in our garage. He feeds him a bug every now and then.

This crazy thing was climbing on the house and Christian shot it with a bb gun. He had to shoot it several times to kill it! Yuck! Levi is trying to dig the bbs out...quadruple yuck!

This would be the carnage from a few stray bbs. Yes, that is a hole in the vinyl. Yes, my husband can fix it. No, he will not. It is now added to the endless list of things in my home that need to be repaired due to negligent behavior by father and sons.

Google revealed to us that it is a skink...eumeces fasciatus if you want to get technical.

Levi loved inspecting it!

Levi has a habit of coming up to me while I am preoccupied with something and saying, "Momma, look!" I'll turn to see what he wants me to look at and he is holding 'something' a few inches away from my face. I always scream. It is just my first reaction and it totally is what he wants. He is so smug with self satisfaction when I do.

Stalking....

He has been called on more than once to capture stow away critters that have shown up in neighbors homes, pools, and yards. Future career option??

I actually love this about Levi. I love that he is always on the prowl for something to catch. I do make a habit of checking his pockets before I put his pants in the wash...just in case.