I've said it before I'll say it again...Snakes are sneaky slithery, sick creatures....now with such an aversion to these nasty little creatures....WHY oh WHY does my daughter have to be SO obsessed with them???? It all started one day when we were at John's grandparent's house...we were coming up the back path when Carter's great grandpa killed a snake by stomping on it.........
To this day...more than 3 months later, she will still talk about "Papa...stomp...sneek" (while pumping her foot on the ground!) I'm SOOOO surprised that this incident didn't traumatize her...but rather piqued her interest in these slithery creatures!!! The next most talked about snake experience was when we watched an animal planet show on snakes with our neices at John's sister's house....she still (a good 5 months later) will tell me about the "Sneeks TV"!!!
Most people don't equate snakes as a cuddly creature to nap with, but to my 2 year old...there's no question as to who or rather what's going to sleep in her bed! This is a snake she got as a prized for traveling so well on our way to Iowa, we picked it up at a tourist shop in North Platte.
Lucky girl...she got to touch real snakes at the children's museum here in Midland...the staff kept trying to get me to touch it too, but I so quickly declined....I was tempted truly I was...I don't want my kids to witness my fear and disgust over such creatures and feel that they should be afraid too (clearly not Carter's problem!) But good golly lady, don't be shovin that thing all up in my face when i've made it clear I don't want to get any closer to it!
You just can't miss the pure delight in Carer's face over meeting this snake in person!!!
I know this seems like a silly thing to post about, but it just completely shows the fun and spunky, ironic nature of my "teemomell" (tinker bell), "strawbee cake" (Strawberry Shortcake) and "Sneek" loving daughter daughter!!!
To this day...more than 3 months later, she will still talk about "Papa...stomp...sneek" (while pumping her foot on the ground!) I'm SOOOO surprised that this incident didn't traumatize her...but rather piqued her interest in these slithery creatures!!! The next most talked about snake experience was when we watched an animal planet show on snakes with our neices at John's sister's house....she still (a good 5 months later) will tell me about the "Sneeks TV"!!!
Most people don't equate snakes as a cuddly creature to nap with, but to my 2 year old...there's no question as to who or rather what's going to sleep in her bed! This is a snake she got as a prized for traveling so well on our way to Iowa, we picked it up at a tourist shop in North Platte.
Lucky girl...she got to touch real snakes at the children's museum here in Midland...the staff kept trying to get me to touch it too, but I so quickly declined....I was tempted truly I was...I don't want my kids to witness my fear and disgust over such creatures and feel that they should be afraid too (clearly not Carter's problem!) But good golly lady, don't be shovin that thing all up in my face when i've made it clear I don't want to get any closer to it!
You just can't miss the pure delight in Carer's face over meeting this snake in person!!!I know this seems like a silly thing to post about, but it just completely shows the fun and spunky, ironic nature of my "teemomell" (tinker bell), "strawbee cake" (Strawberry Shortcake) and "Sneek" loving daughter daughter!!!
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