No, really it's so much fun.
Hi guys and gals, with the time I've had off we've been having some fun (when I was working I hardly saw my son Griffin at all) So I thought I would share to the folks who have known us for a while on how he is doing....
As many of you know we run Rusty Reptiles, which is a large rescue directed at all reptiles, amphibians and arachnids. Griffin has grown up with all these animals and will probably be running the rescue after we've gone. I wanted to share that Griffin has become so helpfull this past year. One of his jobs includes feeding the turtles and helping me fix the dishes of fruits and veggies for the iguanas, tegus, Blue Tongue skinks, Tortoises and many more. He is always very helpfull and I started thinking about that the other day. I realised that he has given up alot in his life. Some of you know the history with his biological mom and I don't need to get into it here, but I realised that he makes huge sacrifices for what me and Winslow do. He doesn't get the cool video games or wheels in his sneakers (man those are cool!), or even the best toys. He actually saves the money he does get through chores and grandparents and always tries to help us out if we have any emergency cases. (of course we don't let him pay we just ask him to keep saving up)He helps us keep track of the rehabbed turtles and even the release of them. I suddenly feel like one of those parents who puts their kid on a pedastool and believe me that's not my intent (plus he can definatly have his bad days like all of us can).
Anywho I was thinking about all this because his 7th birthday is coming up on June 28th. He never asks for much and I want to do something really special for him. So far we have a mom, dad and Griffin party planned, an extended party planned with grandparents etc. But I want to do something that he'll never forget.
So I'm writing to you guys for ideas. As you know we have very limited money if at all so it has to be cheap or free, maybe something I can try and make (which if you ask Win is a very scary thing..lol) I was also thinking of bringing him out to a rope swing that him and his daddy went off for his 6th birthday.
Well the other point of this was to post some pics (he has grown quite a bit).
Winslow's dad Randy took him out to Hartford where the Nina was and he was able to go on it and explore. I beleive it is in the background of one of the following pictures.
Most of the shots are of him doing one of his favorite things....
Jumping in the puddles!






Well thanks for letting me exploit the poor kid, any ideas for birthday treats would be extremely appreciated!
Thanks all,
Rusty