Jul. 9, 2008: Lizard! and Bedtime Reading

Okay. So somehow, some way, a lizard ended up in our house. Far from any obvious entry point. And then it went into our closet to get away from us trying to trap it. (quite fearfully, I might add!). It wasn't a huge lizard but it wasn't teeny either. It was about 8-9" from nose to tail.

I do not love reptiles. At all. And when it bent its body in half sideways, ugh. :( Okay, huge chills and squirminess on my part. Lots of screaming. I want to be braver. But I'm not.

Anyway, long story short, we created a pathway for it to exit the front door after trying to trap it unsuccessfully. Eventually, it walked its own way out! YAY!!!

Back to our reading...

The One Year Book of Devotions for Preschoolers by Crystal Bowman (Illustrated by Elena Kucharik): "More than the Birds" Your heavenly Father feeds the birds. And you know that you are worth much more than the birds. Matthew 6:26, ICB.

The One Year Bible for Children: Daily Bible readings for a growing faith by V. Gilbert Beers: "God Calls Isaiah: Isaiah 6".

Transformer: Transformer comic book.

Princess: The Tree: A First Discovery Book by Scholastic. This is one of those square-shaped books that has the painted clear pages over regular glossy illustrations, kind of like a peek-a-boo type book. My kids have borrowed a lot of these from the library over time. The Transformer in particular was drawn to these books. Anyway, this one was on sale at a Friends of the Library table so we bought it some time ago and shelved it. I think this is the first time we've read it. One of the books that I pulled off the main bookshelf to encourage choosing it. Informative, well-written, and nicely illustrated, as all of the books in this series are.

Mine: Oh, the Thinks You Can Think! by Dr. Seuss. This is also from our bookshelf, picked up from a library sale, I'm sure. We may have read it once before. Anyway, it is about exploring our imaginations. Not one of my favorite Seuss books but still worth reading.