Reptiles and Apples Oh My!

I learned something new today...my son is deathly afraid of Alligators. What the?!?! How did that happen? he does associate alligators with Thunder storms for some reason, and that always puzzled me. But now, i see that he thinks alligators are WAY scary.

Took the kids to "reptile world" at the Locust shade ampitheater...and i have to say, if colin should have been afraid of anything, it shouldn't have been the reptiles, yet the reptile OWNER. THat guy was crazy wierd with a capital W. Creepy even. He supplied WAY more information than a 2-6 year old could ever care to know about the reptiles...they just want to see them for God sake! The way he talked, you think he was presenting a thesis on cold blooded animals to a board of biologists from far away Jungle conservations. Just fair warning Annapolisians...he hails from Annapolis. When any man says "my brother starting collecting crocodiles at age 10" you need to ask yourself, what 10 year old has enough money/resources/land to collect crocodiles? Then you need to ask yourself, is this guy sane?!?!?
Anywho...when the guy pulled out the alligator after his 20 minute speal about it, colin flipped out! screaming "NO MOMMA" NOOOOOOOO with big "alligator" tears streaming down his face, and i couldn't get him to settle down. So we were outta there. I noticed the "Creme Camp" was at this event. The Creme de La Creme kids could easily be spotted, as they were the only group that brought their own umbrellas to the show to shade themselves from the sun. Just an observation.

We were off to Wegmans then this afternoon for a shopping trip. I DREAD bringing both kids, namely Colin, with me because qutie frankly he's a nightmare there. The first snafoo was when he snatched a "mini apple" (which ended up costing me freakin 56 cents for 1 miniscule apple) and started munching on it immediately. i mean, whatever, i dont' get too worked up over these things, but i would have liked to have washed it first so he wasn't injesting pesticides. Next time, i'd like it if he chose a cheaper fruit, maybe a banana?

promise will start adding photos soon. gotta go change a 2 year olds crappy diaper. ugh.