Momcicle Mania

Sunday, October 30, 2016

Blood and Guts Run 2016

Blood and Guts 2016 was wonderful. The course was laid out so that you could follow the runners for most of the obstacles for great picture taking. Hannah and Emilia knocked this one out with smiles on their faces. It was super windy and cold adding to the torture of slogging through mud adn sliding down soap slides.

Saturday, October 29, 2016

Elliott does not disappoint

Yahoo. Wipppy. Yeah.

I never thought my Leopard geckos would get as big as they have. After we broke 80 grams, and then 90 grams, I started to get excited for the idea of hitting triple digits.

Charlie, bless his heart, seems to be destined to being in the high 80-mid 90 range. Poor boy just gets tired of eating and stops.

Elliott has an appetite and is longer than his buddy. They came from the same breeder but are from different parents. Elliott plateaued in weight for a few months but has steadily grown past Charlie. I think Elliott still has some growing to do.

This week, Elliott did it!

Jefferson Memorial and the teen tour...

Went down to DC to visit the Jefferson Monument. Stopped by the FDR monument because it is one of our favorite monuments to view at night. Little visit to George Mason. The kids were ridiculous and wonderful.

Monticello Road Trip

Emilia is currently into history. She can passionately discuss the founding of America like it is a current event. We have been going to visit some historical sites and monuments to support her current passion.

We took a nice road trip to Monticello (Jefferson's Home) with the family and her friend Maggie joined in. Before going to see history we went to a really pleasant resturant and tried some grub that we don't get regularly. My first time trying shrimp and grits.

Color Run 2016

Hannah and Emilia - the colors from this run were very vibrant. It was a beautiful day.

Tuesday, October 4, 2016

Oh, those wonderful crested geckos

Each one of my geckos holds a spot in my heart. I could never breed them in a large way because I would never want to send them off to new homes. I especially love the ones that I got at 1-5 grams. I love watching their color changes as they grow- they just get better and better. I also like that they are super chill since they get handled from the beginning.

One of my smallest babies is Phin at 1 gram and already a frog butt- on 2/20/16 and now Phin is 19 grams.

Lashes is a baby picked up from the expo the same day as Phin. I love Lashes color-

17 grams

Little Miss Lily was won in an auction on 3/19/16 and is now 37 grams. She is another that I have after she was already a frog butt.

This is Little Miss Lily taking a nap.

Sisters- I didn't get my scale until December- the came in at 5 grams. They have fluctuated in who is the bigger one but are now firmly separate. Pookie is now firmly in the lead.

I had always favored Chewy with her wonderful orange but Pookie has developed into something wonderful.

Pookie

Chewy

Google is one of only two geckos that I picked up from a pet store. I drove my husband to a night out at a pub with his buddies. While waiting I went window shopping in a pet store. When it was time to pick up the man I made it back to the pub. On the way home I got lost - anyone that knows me knows that I am geographically challenged. Long story short, much joking with my husband- we left it up to google to get us home. We were not in agreement that google was needed. I was pretty sure I recognized our route and the pet stop was up ahead. Made a bet and ended up coming home with Google (after our getting loss) and Whiskey (my husbands favorite drink). They are not technically "pretty" and do not have "structure" but they are beautiful to me and deserved a little TLC. They are sweet and I don't regret it.

Whisky is my only frog butt that happened while in my care. I have no idea why- all my geckos are kept solo. One day it was there and the next it was gone.