Tonight the kids and I went to see “The Reptile Man” at the school. The kids picked seats in front near the all the action, but I chose to sit in the back. I wasn’t frightened, but I didn’t feel the need to have a front row seat.
Getting pictures was difficult for a couple of reasons. The first reason would be that kids were so excited about these creatures that they kept jumping and clustering around them.
Secondly, which is probably the biggest reason, I didn’t take the camera… and had to rely on my cell phone to take a decent picture.
I was intrigued when the crocodile started whipping his tail and the kids nearby started screaming and squealing. But when it was explained that crocodiles don’t actually have a bladder, I immediately lost all interest.
We saw about three different types of turtles, and about three or four iguanas, then came out the crocodile, and then all the snakes. The last snake he pulled out was pretty big.
Some of the snakes were actually interesting to look at (from the back row) and had all sorts of interesting patterns to camouflage themselves.
The kids had a chance to pet the iguana. When Scott Petersen asked for volunteers, I don’t think there was a kid there that didn’t have a hand in the air. I even looked around for my kids… and sure enough… their hands were up too. (I’m not sure how they would have handled it if they had been chosen. My guess is that GaryTodd would have walked away.)
The children had fun, and I was glad it didn’t take much longer than an hour. Of course, Seanelle really wanted to get her picture taken with a snake, but I didn’t want to stand in line. (And to be honest, I really don’t think I would have wanted to see that snake wrapped around my baby girl.)
