Afternoon Funnies

We had a fairly busy and serious morning around here because of the phone call about Will and how he continues to stump the doctors.  This afternoon, we were all due a little bit of fun and laughter...which is exactly what was in store.

When Emme got up from her nap, I thought it would be a fun activity to plant some herbs in the backyard.  We got the whole crew rounded up, Grammy, Emme + the pup, and headed outside.  I decided to pop up the patio umbrella for some shade and no sooner than I had started raising the umbrella I saw two beady little eyes staring back at me.  These eyes were surrounded by very, very pale skin and were staring.me.down.  Seriously, the eyes were crazy.

I immediately backed away and told my mom what was going on.  I told her it looked like an albino toad or something, but we couldn't see anything but those two beady little eyes.  She begged me to poke it with something to see if it moved, but I refused.  Sorry, not in my job description.  So, I begged her to poke it instead.  She also refused and proudly declared that she was sure it was a snake.  We were at an impasse, one of us thinking toad and the other sure it was a snake, so we loaded Emme up and went back inside to wait until Carlton could come home to deal with either scenario.  Not being one to have much patience, though, I decided I would text him in the meantime and try to persuade him to come home early to poke it for us.  Lame?  Yes, but whatever.

I guess he was busy at work or something ridiculous like that because he never replied to my texts.  Didn't he realize we were in DANGER?!?!  Once I realized he wasn't going to reply, we got desperate.  That's when we spotted a guy (actually the same guy that used to own our house) mowing a yard across the street and thought he would help us out.  Mom ran out with Emme in tow and pleaded for help and he gladly came over with lopping shears in tow to save the day.

After one little poke, our hero announced that it was indeed....an albino toad!

I was right all along!  :)  Not that I was going to poke it or anything to find out.  Anyway, after some awkward conversation about our snake turned toad, we thanked Mr. Previous Homeowner for his services and got back to planting some herbs.  Disaster adverted; no thanks to my hubby that clearly didn't find it to be a pressing situation.  Hmph!

Later in the afternoon, we also got a good laugh from the way Grammy put on Emme's sandals.  Notice anything wrong with this picture?  Ahh, we need help!