For about three months now, Charis has been either coming to work with me on Mondays or we have been lucky enough to have a friend with a kid Charis' age and she has offered to watch her several Mondays. (Kris and I both work on Mondays) Today, I bought Charis to work with me for a couple of hours. We were having a good morning with some light weeding, sweeping and a little office work.
Next I needed to program my irrigation, so Charis and I were standing by a wall with a narrow ledge that was right at Charis' height. Charis was fidgeting and pushing on the wall. Then suddenly she said "Mommy look! I found a snake!". Then she started to reach her hand in to touch it. My girl has no fear! I grabbed her and pulled her away and went to look at it from a safe distance. IT WAS A BABY RATTLESNAKE! And Charis almost touched it. I explained to her that it was dangerous and then left the area while one of my coworkers thankfully relocated it for me - not something I wanted to do with Charis.
The rest of the day, Charis told stories about the baby rattlesnake that "wanted to be her best friend" but that was not because it was dangerous and could hurt you with it's flat tongue. Charis has such a great memory, even with details and is such a great storyteller.
She also drew a great picture of the snake. First she drew a long winding line for the snake and then the cirlces to show that it was all coiled up. So cute!
Next I needed to program my irrigation, so Charis and I were standing by a wall with a narrow ledge that was right at Charis' height. Charis was fidgeting and pushing on the wall. Then suddenly she said "Mommy look! I found a snake!". Then she started to reach her hand in to touch it. My girl has no fear! I grabbed her and pulled her away and went to look at it from a safe distance. IT WAS A BABY RATTLESNAKE! And Charis almost touched it. I explained to her that it was dangerous and then left the area while one of my coworkers thankfully relocated it for me - not something I wanted to do with Charis.
The rest of the day, Charis told stories about the baby rattlesnake that "wanted to be her best friend" but that was not because it was dangerous and could hurt you with it's flat tongue. Charis has such a great memory, even with details and is such a great storyteller.She also drew a great picture of the snake. First she drew a long winding line for the snake and then the cirlces to show that it was all coiled up. So cute!
1 comment:
Oh my!!! I think Texas is too scary for my neice. I think you need to relocate HER, not the snake.... to Kansas. But seriously, what is with our girls? My daughter caught a fly with her fingers the other day and then yesterday she picked up a dead bug and threw it outside, again with her fingers. Don't they know they are girls....and that bugs and snakes are yucky!! ;)
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Aunt Cecilia
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