Horny Toad

I forgot to post this, but a couple weeks ago the boys of the house went hiking up Mount Blackie here on post and they caught a horny toad lizard. It was pretty amazing because Tyler kept talking the whole time on the way up about how he was going to catch one that morning. Eric was more than skeptical since they are scarce and hard to see. Well what do you know, on the way down, Tyler found one. Eric caught it in his hat and brought it home to me...aren't I lucky? They let it loose on my kitchen table, despite my protests. The boys then made a little home for it in a baking dish. We kept it for a day, fed it some ants, watched it burrow itself in the sand, then it escaped. Tyler was sad it got away, but I was going to make him let it go after a couple days anyway. Jake loved holding it in his hand, but Tyler didn't want to. I don't blame him....although it was fun to look at.