Because, you just can't sleep with a lizard.

That was my response to, "Why can't I sleep with Sticky?" Sticky is the tiny little Gecko that a friend brought over and the girls begged to keep. I found a Ball canning jar and poked holes in the top to make Sticky a temporary habitat. The girlies the took her (him? PS asked me to google gender identification in lizards, but I never got around to it) outside and caught three grasshoppers half the size of Sticky and added some woodchips (to climb on!) and grass.

When I went to tuck in TT, there was Sticky (and grasshoppers) sitting in the bed. I'm pretty open to critters in the house, but I draw the line at lizards in bed.

Oh, and the twins are asking to have their ears pierced. (There will be no pigeon-holing them as girlie-girls or tomboys. They are an awesome mix of both.) I'm not sure how I feel about this. I am very much against piercing babies. But they aren't babies anymore. I had mine pierced when I was just a little older than they are now, and it worked out ok. But I rarely ever wear earrings now--or any other jewelery for that matter, drives DH crazy that I don't wear my wedding ring. Still, it seems like such a big girl thing. And it is poking holes in their bodies--permanently!

PS meanwhile has absolutely no interest in piercing anything. She doesn't want to have anything to do with anything that causes pain. Smart girl.