This weekend, we met one of Oliver's friends at the playground for a playdate. While we were there, his friend's mom invited us to join them at a reptile and amphibian show that afternoon. I would have preferred not to be in a room full of squirmy, jumpy, slimy things, but once Oliver found out, of course we had to go! :-)
Right when we walked in, there were two long tables with rows and rows of small deli containers. Inside the deli containers were little snakes. They were all so beautiful and incredibly brightly colored. I loved looking at all of the different patterns and colors.
Little, expensive snakes. Very pretty, but . . . eww.
Baby turtles! They were SO cute.
There were a lot of booths where the kids could hold some of the animals. Here's a picture of Anna holding some kind of lizard (wearing a harness. :-))
Here's my pretty girl, very excitedly wearing a snake. :-)
Oliver's turn! :-)
These next three pictures are so funny. Oliver wanted to wear a different snake, and right after it was draped on his neck, the snake started to wrap itself around his mouth and neck, and Oliver started freaking out. (He wasn't in any danger of course.) It was so funny!
Some of the animals were not slimy, jumpy, or slithery, like this adorable baby hedgehog that Anna is holding.
But most of the animals gave me the heebie jeebies, like this display with baby pythons hatching from eggs. GROSSSSSS. YUCK.
And, of course they had to have snake food available for sale, like these tiny, newborn rats. I was torn between feeling bad for them, and feeling grossed out because . . . well, they're RATS.
Surprisingly, Buttercup liked holding the baby rats the best!
I would like to say that this was a fun outing, but I mostly felt sick to my stomach the whole time. The kids really enjoyed it though! :-)
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