Like Father Like Son

I suppose it was inevitable that Eli would inherit Cameron's love of all things creepy crawly. Just yesterday I called Cameron's cell phone to find out when he and Eli would be back from their hike. About 30 seconds into the conversation I heard, "OH MY GOSH! IT'S A GILA MONSTER! .... Click" A few minutes later he called me back to apologize for hanging up on me and explained that it was trying to run back into it's cave so he had to catch it. That's right, he picked up a poisonous, very large lizard, whose bite is probably the most painful in nature. Then he handed the phone to Eli, who proceeded to tell me excitedly about the Gila Monster.

 Gila Monster headed into his cave

This is a horned lizard they also caught yesterday

This one they caught a few weeks ago when we went to Joshua Tree National Park together. It's a collard lizard.

Cameron is teaching Eli not to pick them up, right?

On a side note. We have been slowly teaching Eli to use the potty. He usually gets a reward every time he goes, and recently the reward has been a fruit snack. This morning, though, he had a better idea. He said, "Eli go pee-pee in potty get a GIFT CARD!"