One of my favorite places to take Scout –and now Navy– are the Dana Point gardens. You can sign up to have a plot and grow your own garden, and I have been on the waiting list for over a year. When I checked up on where I was on the list, they said I have at least another year of waiting. Anyway — Scout loves going along to see all of the plants and crops, play in the dirt, and especially chase the lizards. We took Micah along last time to test his lizard hunting skills. Although I had to bully him into trying (because according to him he just “doesn’t like touching lizards”), he finally pulled his sweatshirt over his hand and started “stalking” them. I told him to forget about stalking, and just catch one! He finally scored a good sized lizard, but I will say that he made me actually hold the thing. (And I didn’t see it with my own eyes, but I am SURE that he came home and disinfected his sweatshirt at least three times.) Scout and I made “Ronny” a home with lettuce and water in a cardboard box. Our (or Scout’s) plan was to keep him forever, but when it started sprinkling outside I thought it was too cruel and let him go be with his lizard friends. Poor little Scout has been talking about his lizard non stop, and makes B go outside with him to find them every afternoon since.
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