Chris and the Chameleon

There's something really special about the way Christopher deals with animals. 

He genuinely get super-excited when he finds those tiny little shongologo's that come out when it starts to rain; this morning he was really disappointed when the moth he had discovered yesterday at the front door wasn't there any-more.  He loves the dear gecko that lives in his room, and with great enthusiasm will explain to you that Gerry hangs around to protect him from those pesky mosquito's.  I can't even count the amount of ants (!) he picks up and tries to take with him to school - that have subsequently gotten "lost" in the car.

Last week I had to jump out of the shower in a panicked rush to a high-pitched shriek from Chris: "Mommy, Mommy, Mommy... please come quickly!" thinking the worst, dripping wet footprints throughout the house, barely grabbing the towel off the rail, I high-tail it to the living room to find Christopher jumping up and down, pointing to the TV, barely able to contain himself: "Look Mommy, baby Llama, aren't they cute!"

Not one day passes, without him asking me when he can get a dog, cat, monkey, porcupine and sheep.  Just this morning we had a discussion about why we can't keep a Honey Badger in the back yard. Seriously.

So when Christopher found his Chameleon, it was love at first sight.  Not flinching one bit, he let the critter crawl all over him and just stood there beaming from ear to ear.  And then, with such resolve, he went over to the plants and put the Chameleon down, turning around he said: "Larry needs to go back to his mommy now and catch some flies to eat, he must be getting hungry".  Just like that the encounter was over, he didn't beg me to keep him.

There's something really special about the way Christopher deals with animals.

Wishing everyone a Happy Weekend!

Christopher's Logic about Sea Animals

Last week's theme at Playgroup was "Animals under the Sea".  Christopher was very excited to take each and every under-the-water-animal-toy that he could gather with to school.  As I saw the pile of toys at the front door growing, I swiftly proceeded with negotiation efforts to reduce the amount to a reasonable limit as not to overload the car.


Me: "Christopher, why don't you take your toy-Seal & Shark-book with, and Sophia can take Nemo & the Penguin?"
After deliberating the proposal for at least two minutes whilst pacing back and forth, Christopher announced and also concluded: "Sophia take Nemo and Penguin.  I take Scoob (the Seal, named after Scooby-Dooby-Doo) and Doggy."
Me: "OK Chris, but why are you taking your Doggy? he doesn't live under the sea?"
Christopher:"No, but he's a REALLY good swimmer Mommy!"


Can't argue with that, now can you :)

Sophia with the Doggy, relieving him from grass-mowing-duties

Swapping Doggy for Bokkie

Here's a picture of the "Doggy" with Christopher helping Dad mow the lawn
(the Helmet is logically a protective device against flying grass from the mower, ingeniously thought of by Chris himself)

Happy Monday All 

♥ Jo