Couldn’t find the silly cord-that-connects-the-camera-to-the-computer-for-picture-downloading…. for WEEKS.  (We have some serious organization needs here!)  But Tim found it last night.  So I had to (of course) put up a pic of the daddy lion — whatever you may choose to call him — since I didn’t have it available a few days ago.  Not the best picture ever, but there he is anyway.

Sweet little brother told me tonight that “Ethan is my best friend.”

And earlier in the week he was overheard telling Ethan, “You are the best big brother EVER.”

<sniff, sniff> Pardon me while I go blow my nose and wipe my eyes.

So in the interest of full disclosure I should probably mention that they just came up the stairs for bed– JUST NOW, after me bragging on them — crying and mad at each other.  So no, they are not angels.  But they typically are sweet brothers.

Last week at the Zoo…

C: Mommy!  Look!  The daddy lion is out!

Me: Oh yes — very cool.  We don’t get to see him very often.

C: Yeah… and I like him.  And he likes me.  And his name is Hump-ey.

Me: (choking back laughter) Hump-ey?  Are you sure?

C: Yeah.  That’s his name.

Me: How do you KNOW that’s his name?

C: It just is his name.  His name is Hump-ey.

Me: Ummm… WHY is that his name?

C: Because he likes to hump on things.

Me: (about to explode from the pent-up laughter and mortification) Okay.  Yeah.  We’re gonna have to change his name.

E and C together: Why?

Me: It just sounds too much like something that is inappropriate to say — and NO, I will not tell you what that thing is.  Just trust me.  We have to change his name.

By this time we were in the parking lot and C caught sight of the Omnidome.  So now it’s “Dome-y the Lion.”

PARENTAL DISCLAIMER: I do NOT know how that got into his head.  As far as I know he has never heard that quaint little colloquialism.  That’s not something we would say in our house.  After much pondering, the only idea I have is that the lion was sitting on the top of the hill — or, the “hump.”

<BIG SIGH>  Pray for me, y’all.  And I’ll pray for you.  :-)

Okay.  So if I’m at my sister-in-law’s house, (or a neighbor’s or friend’s house) notice a black widow, show it to her, teach her what to look for, and let her have the kill….  do I add that kill to the chart?  Or start a new chart for assisted kills?

What say you all?

Last night we added 5 to the body count.  We were tired and not trying super hard.  Just going for the easy kills.  So… 111.

And Alyssa, I’m so embarrassed that I did not think to do a chart or graph or something!  So.  Starting with August we will have a graph to keep track of confirmed kills….  nasty.  But thanks for the idea!