Summer fun and Spikey

If you know Kaden you know how much he loves to be outside and his love for bugs and reptiles. We have had many "pets". Even our neighbors found a frog in their yard once and brought it over for Kaden. Some of our "pets" have been set free and some have not been that lucky. One of his snakes is buried outside by our house and he digs it up every so often to see if its bones are left yet. :) My dad brought him a horny toad a few weeks ago that he found in West Texas. Kaden named him Spikey and that is who is in the picture. We had Spikey for a few days and tried to figure out what he ate because he would eat nothing. After Nick did some research on the computre he found out it is illegal to have a horny toad b/c it is an endangered species. I called the Fort Worth zoo and after talking to them several times they told us that they wanted Spikey. So, Father's Day, my sweet son, husband, and father loaded up and went to the zoo. Kaden very willingly gave them his horny toad. He will be in the animal hospital there for awhile and then they will breed him and keep him at the zoo. In a few months he will also be there for anyone to go and see!! YAY! We were all very excited and the zoo told Kaden they would call and give him updates and tell him when Spikey is released to be seen! :)

Spikey. The guy at the zoo told Kaden that Spikey is very unique b/c of some light green coloring by his arm that you can kind of see in the picture. They also said he is about 1 year old and most likely male.

Father's Day at the zoo. Giving Spikey away to the zoo's animal hospital.
Spikey...... coming to a zoo near you!


My precious Presleigh Joy dancing with "pink baby" in our living room.

Now we are feeding pink baby. How precious is this? "Pink baby" was given to my mom one Christmas when she was a little girl and then given to me about 18 months of age and then given to Presleigh at about 12 months. She has several baby dolls and she loves them all but pink baby is by far the favorite! :)

Chef Kaden preparing our coconut, banana, pineapple popsicles. They were very yummy but quite tricky to get out of the popsicle maker once frozen.

Working on another snack. These are delicious and so much fun and easy for the kids to make. I poured one box of instant pudding mix (we used choc. fudge but any flavor would work) equally into two baggies. Then I added one cup of milk to each of their baggies, zipped them up and they started squeezing and mixing. After a few minutes it is the consistency of pudding. I then cut the corner of the baggie and squeezed the pudding into an ice cream cone and topped it with sprinkles. So yummy!!

Kaden with the finished product

Presleigh eating her yummy snack!