Meet Bubbles

Today daddy got up early & excited like a school girl going to Disneyland :)

 We all went to the reptile expo in Arlington to 'look at' snakes. John had a few pet snakes in his childhood and has always enjoyed them. Ever since we planned on going, Lucas and Olivia have asked if we could get one...

 I wasn't sure if John was going to, but I want him to be happy and this really made him happy so we did. I will not be the one feeding, handling or cleaning his cage, so I hope it all goes well.
Here's the tour of the expo:

 Meet Bubbles the Snake:

 If you haven't heard of one of the funniest shows ever, it's called Trailer Park Boys. Bunch of funny Canadians in a trailer park. My favorite character in the show is Bubbles..here's a sample:

I guess we have a "school pet" in our classroom now :)

    We walked around and saw all the crazy reptiles and spiders and tiny baby snakes & turtles. The kids enjoyed it and just at the end, John said, "Everyone only breeds ball pythons..I really want to see the jungle carpet pythons" and ta-da, they appeared. They were so small and docile looking, but apparently while they are little, they can be aggressive. They need to be 'handled' and get larger, and they become calm. So we bought one and got all the accessories, and even fed him tonight..I/m a girl and I feel bad for the mice, even though I'm not an 'animal-lover'...Lucas was concerned about the mouse, and I just said the mouse goes to Mouse Heaven...and that it's the circle of life, and the snakes need them to survive. Olivia was a little concerned, but continued to laugh hysterically during the mouse's demise...go figure.

Here's the feeding video...interesting to watch...make sure you watch til the end for a funny clip...