At 3:06 a.m. this morning, Jadon turned 12 years old! I can't believe our oldest is already 12, but at least we have one more year before he becomes a teenager! YIKES! I need this year to prepare and pray for that! Jadon's birthday wish started shortly after his 11th birthday when he started asking for a water dragon. He had researched all there is to know about this reptile and felt like it would be a great pet for him to raise. He saved enough money to buy it last spring but mom and dad were not prepared to allow another pet in our home so we said no and of course "ruined his life". Sometimes timing is everything and it just wasn't the right time. So the subject came up again in August and we told Jadon that we would let him get a chinese water dragon for his birthday in November but he would have to put some expense into it and also a lot of work to help dad build a cage. Michael and Jadon spent hours working on this cage and it was completed last night and moved into Jadon's room. Kevin joined our family about a week previous and is enjoying his new hotel. He was in a temporary enclosure that doesn't even compare to this set up! So we are now known as a petting zoo at our house because we have:
1 dog named Pepper
8 chickens who I won't take the time to name but they all have names.
2 leopard geckos, Sam and Belle
1 uromastic named Spike
1 chinese water dragon named Kevin
and just for the record, WE ARE DONE!
NO MORE PETS, we will spend countless hours taking care of the ones we have so we are done.
We are very proud of Jadon's responsibilty and maturity he has shown to take care of his reptiles so Kevin has been well earned on his part.
Happy Birthday Jadon, mom and dad love you so much!
1 comment:
That is one nice cage he built! Kevin is going to be spoiled. :)
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