Friday, April 10, 2015

Our Lizard Story - Part 1


So what started as a funny story kind of became our hobby and now a huge part of our life. <FLASHBACK> to 2010, not too long ago but long enough to insert a flashback sequence. J It’s a pretty straight forward story, we have kids, they want things, and we’re pushovers. Well that’s where the commonalities end since our kids are obsessed with reptiles!

Our daughter has always been intrigued by reptiles/amphibians and to be honest we could have cared less for pets of the cold blooded variety. That all changed when Marissa (our daughter) somehow convinced us to buy frogs (Fire Bellied Toads, they're actually frogs). Seems like a forgettable purchase but fortunately for us that’s when our story began. Buddy, Bobo, Baby, and Bettie were our first pet frogs and before we realized it we were buying special tanks and accessories to keep our frogs happy. We even built a terrarium, complete with plants and a waterfall. So to make a long story short, happy frogs seemed to add up to happy kids and then happy parents.

What started as a chore slowly but surely became a family hobby and in a way the rest is history. So we thought…

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