Reptiles!

I took Ashton to the library yesterday for a special show. The library brought in a naturalist group to show kids alligators, snakes, and turtles. Since Ashton loves the turtle in one of her Eric Carle books, I thought she would love to pet them. I anticipated a short, 45 minute presentation with lots of touching of the animals. Well, 30 minutes in and no animals. Ashton did pretty well with her attention span and fortunately, it wasn't that crowded so she could wander around the room. Once the animals came out, she loved it. She has no fear of them, which I guess is good. She touched all the animals and loved seeing them move. I did have to keep reminding her to only touch their backs because she successfully poked most of the small alligators in the eyes. Silly girl. Here are some pictures.

This was her drawing while we waited for animals. It is a house, some clouds (the small green dots), a tree, and a swing. Oh and she drew, "Mommy" in red.

She wanted to be center of attention next to the speaker.

 

Another break involved playing with the animal puppets.

 

Ashton kept yelling at the turtles to move. She became very attached to the turtles and made sure to say "Bye-bye turtles" to each one, several times.

 

Ashton would pet the animal for about 0.004 seconds. So pictures were tricky.