Yesterday was a sad day at our house. Hailey has a pet Lizard, Lizzie. Kaden has a pet Lizard, Spike. They are both bearded dragons. We have had Lizzie since March. Lizzie was smaller than Spike. She would lie on his back all the time. They would sleep together, eat together…ok, not like they had a whole lot of choice, they were cage mates.
Well, Hailey was playing in her room with K. They didn’t want to play with Kinley, so they sent her to Kaden’s room to play. She tells Hailey that Spike is eating Lizzie. (Kinley says this a lot, she thinks it’s funny to get all the kids running into make sure everything is fine.) She wasn’t kidding this time! Hailey came running into the kitchen to tell me that SPIKE IS EATING LIZZIE. To which I walk into Kaden’s room. OH MY GOSH, SPIKE IS REALLY EATING LIZZIE!!!!!!! He had her head and one of her legs in his mouth when I got in there. I pick Spike up, I shake him, I try to get his mouth to open, pull Lizzie’s tail, and push on Spike’s stomach. I tried to get him to take lettuce instead…although, thinking back, that one wasn’t too bright. I had K take Hailey and Kinley outside.
Well, Hailey was playing in her room with K. They didn’t want to play with Kinley, so they sent her to Kaden’s room to play. She tells Hailey that Spike is eating Lizzie. (Kinley says this a lot, she thinks it’s funny to get all the kids running into make sure everything is fine.) She wasn’t kidding this time! Hailey came running into the kitchen to tell me that SPIKE IS EATING LIZZIE. To which I walk into Kaden’s room. OH MY GOSH, SPIKE IS REALLY EATING LIZZIE!!!!!!! He had her head and one of her legs in his mouth when I got in there. I pick Spike up, I shake him, I try to get his mouth to open, pull Lizzie’s tail, and push on Spike’s stomach. I tried to get him to take lettuce instead…although, thinking back, that one wasn’t too bright. I had K take Hailey and Kinley outside.
Thomas works from home, but since we are in the middle of trying to finish the basement, he was at one of his multiple hardware store runs….this happened in the middle of him being gone.
I call him. I am screaming and crying and just plain freaking out. He had to have me slow down say it a few times before he understood me. His advice? Go shut the door, if he has her head it’s already crushed and she is dead. Oh. And stop freaking out. Yeah. I’m traumatized. I liked the stupid lizards. My kid was freaking out. And, to be honest…it was freaky looking. Yeah, thanks Thomas.
So, I call my sister. She always has good advice. Took a bit for her to understand what I was saying, but by the time this happened, Spike was slurping Lizzie’s tail down like a spaghetti noodle. It took awhile for me and Hailey to settle down.
I thought I would try to use this as a learning time. So, I told Hailey to write about it in her journal, that it would help her remember Lizzie and help her feel sad and get through it. She let me read the entry…it is so sweet. She is so tenderhearted, and like she totally writes like this. HA HA HA, I love it!
We told her she can pick a new one once she is settled down in her new room downstairs. So, in a couple of weeks, when the basement is done, we will have to have a post on LIZZIE the second.
