Julia was playing the violin for Mutti, Papa and Grandma Brundage after dinner last night when Sean and Kristina came bursting to the table, fidgeting excitedly just waiting for what they later said was the LONGEST song to be over. When the song was over they burst out that they saw a frog, then it started to sink backwards and it was being eaten… by a snake!
Come quick says Sean – this process takes 4 minutes and it will feed him for a week! We go and sure enough there is a snake no thicker than my pinkie and he has hold of a fat frog the size of my fist. I feel horrible for the frog and tell Mark to kill the snake, which he did. Sean said “no” but it was too late. Then he started crying, he was so devastated. He loves snakes. I totally forgot… he wants to be a reptile scientist. My heart breaks for my sweet boy. We take a walk and I promise that there are more snakes and we will find one.
Now every morning, we wake up and me who hates snakes is out there hunting for snakes in the garden with my little reptile scientist.