Pebblekeeper

This week we went to the Driftwood Library to see the Reptile Man. Wait. I didn’t say that right – we saw

The Reptile Man!!

It was so fun.

Last week with JuggleMania the crowd was mostly younger – mostly little girls. We giggled as this week’s crowd filled with more and more rambunctious boys – older boys – and tom boy looking girls. There were two boys sitting behind us, that looked tall enough to be teens – who constantly commented – “I think they want us to sit down there Mom”. No, mom would answer. “This is for the younger group”. Which is was – technically – but my almost teen son was in the front row. 🙂

JuggleMania needs to take a tip and have a box with red tape – and pull on leather gloves every once in a while – and then mention something death defying like – If you move – He’ll Bite You. And you’ll DIE. If you raise your hand – he’ll snap at it. If you scream, He’ll lunge at you in the crowd. I’m just sayin’ . . . it made for great crowd control.

My boys said – “The thing I like best about the show – is the guy. He really seemed to like showing us his reptiles. He really seemed to like scaring the moms and little girls.” Well. What pre-teen wouldn’t give their right hand to have a chance to scare moms and girls? The way he kept bringing the reptiles so close to the front row. . This mom was getting a pretty fast pulse rate! The 3 up front are with us. 🙂

My favorite part was with the Black Rat Snake ( I think ) which was an albino. When The Reptile Man pulled out the snake, he also had a recently shed skin – which he threw right at Nate! So – It’s on the shelf, next to the dead bat, and the Fossils, and the agates and feathers and . um. Boy Stuff.

He had such a great way with kids- he could work them up, and bring them back down. He could scare your socks off – and then reassure you that your fear is invalid. He used comedy to teach details of the reptiles, where to find them, how to care for them, which ones not to keep – which ones will need a 200 year contract to own. 🙂