Mother of two

My Son Sam!!!

The best way to describe him is a typical teenager.

He has his own mind and is very stubborn. And

a little creative as well.

This story starts with Sam working hard on

earning merit badges for his Eagle.

He wanted to work on the Reptile merit badge.

I asked him what it entailed. And he said that he had to

observe a lizard for a month. Ok. I hate lizards, and spiders, snakes, anything

creepy and crawly. So I turned him down. Knowing that it was not

an Eagle required I said that I was not going to spend any money

on a yucky lizard. He was a little mad at me, but I thought I

won because I didn't hear anything more about it. Until a few days

later there was a big rubbermaid container without a lid that

had a yucky lizard in it. I was thinking what the heck, where

did he get that? Well sure enough he caught it. At a park in our

neighborhood. And I really couldn't turn him down because

I didn't have to spend any money on the yucky thing.

The only thing I did have a problem with was that

we couldn't find the top of the container he had the lizard in

and he was also catching crickets. And I could not handle the thought of

yucky crickets roaming my house. So we did get a little container with

a lid on it. I did have a little freak out when Sam caught this

huge outdoor cockroach that was like an inch wide and 2 inches long!

There was a little yelling on my end at that time. So I also had

Jake buy Sam already dead crickets so Sam didn't have to find

yucky bugs for food. Now that Sam realized that one Lizard was

great. He also thought more would be better. So I walk in

his room and find 2 more lizards in make shift cages. OK. I thought

I was being a good mom, letting him keep one. But I put my foot

down on 3!!! So I did make him release the others to the wild.

So it has been past the 30 days. And the lizard is still alive. He did

loose his tail. But he seems to be doing well. Actually

someone told us the lizard is a she. So she is doing well.

These pictures are all taken by Sam who is documenting

his little experience for his merit badge.