Be-lated Christmas Program pics

Tyson had a wonderful "Holiday" program. He is such a good singer and really gets into it!



Trevor's class made pencil cases to send to St. Peter's partner school in South Africa. He has a wonderful teacher this year, named Mrs. Noble.


Luckily, Moose Moose, aka Aunt Amy, practiced piano with Trevor while she was visiting us. Of course, everyone else had to help. (Don't you love the football helmet?)

Lizard Watching

Spyro was Caroline's roomate for the week. She had so much fun watching him. She would say, "Go, Spyro! Eat! Eat! Come on!" She loved helping Uncle Adam feed him crickets. When Spryo would eat one she would clap with joy! So sweet!


Trev and Ty just love him! It is fun to just watch him, watch you.


"What? I'm not cleaning up that poop!"


"We love you, Spryo!"

Meet Spyro

This is Spyro, Trevor's new pet lizard. He is a 6 week old bearded dragon. He likes to bask in the sun lamp and eat crickets. Tyson loves to hold him and have him climb up his shirt. I honestly cannot even begin to tell you how much we love this little guy and how much we worry about him! It really is like having a baby in our house. "Is he eating? Has he pooped? Is he warm enough? Why is he sleeping so much? Is his skin too dry? Is he getting enough liquids?" I even found myself praying for this lizard!!!!!!! Adam and I thought he was sick or dying because he wasn't eating or drinking much on the 2nd and 3rd day...but then he shed some skin and after hours of research on line we read that it is normal... He seems fine now and much more alert. He eats about 8 crickets a day!


We spend a lot of time just watching him...and the crickets. This is his little home. The first lamp is a UV light to help him absorb vitamins or something. The second lamp is his night light. The third lamp is the heat lamp. He has a hammock, a log, a water bowl, and a climbing branch. We all chip in to help take care of him. Adam helps Trevor clean the cage, although mom has cleaned out her fair share of lizard poop, too! I even found myself shopping at Lowes with a bag full of 6 dozen baby crickets in my purse!!! I was afraid they would freeze in the van! Oh, the things we do for love! Here's a shout out to all of the other moms of boys!


Here is Adam getting the crickets ready! They climb up this tube that he shakes into a baggie filled with vitamin powder. We then feed Spyro the powdered crickets for dinner! My sweet niece, Caroline, loved helping Uncle Adam each night with the crickets! He would walk in the door from work and she would gab his hand and say, "crickets!"


Sometimes you feel like a cricket and sometimes you don't!

Joy

We had a wonderful Christmas! We opened up presents at home on Christmas morning and then drove to Indiana that afternoon to see family.


Trev's big present wasn't actually very big. We finally caved in and got him a pet! He is the proud owner of a 6 week old bearded dragon lizard!!! He named him Spyro, after an old school Nintendo video game about a dragon. We are in love and truly enjoy taking care of our new baby! We will post pictures of him soon! He is so cute! Really, he is!


We had a fun time making our first ginger bread house with Grandma!


We went with our friends, the Buergers, to see a live theatre performance of "A Christmas Carol". Tyson was amazed at the costumes and the special effects on stage!