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Thursday, January 12, 2012

Botanic Garden

Yesterday, we went to the Queen Elizabeth II Botanic Gardens.


It was a large, walk-through garden.  We saw many exotic and beautiful plants, water lillies, and tropical flowers and trees.


We also saw animals like iguanas, turtles, water-birds, and snakes.  Caymanians say they don't have poisonous snakes in Grand Cayman, thank goodness!  I actually saw a snake slithering about a foot away from me!


While we were walking around the gardens, Mom spotted a Blue Iguana just sunning himself in the middle of the path!!! It was really cool!!! After that, we saw a few snakes and water-birds off the trail.


*back at house*

Dad and Audrey went for a swim in the pool.  Audrey wanted Dad to throw her "Way HIGH!!!" So Dad picked her up and threw her as hard as he could up into the air.  She 'flew' well over Dad's head.  When she resurfaced, she had the largest grin on her face (even bigger than Wendy's smile from the movie Peter Pan! ).  She wouldn't let Dad stop tossing her, and if he tried to leave, she would just flip-out.  She'll make an AWESOME flyer someday!


*Just now*

HOLY COW!!! (Moooo)  Grandma just now found a Brobdingnagian crab.  (Like my use of adjective?  Go ahead, look it up)  It was HUGE!!!  And it was in attack mode, standing on his hind legs with his claws up in the air.  Fortunately, no one was hurt.  We all escaped....barely.

Question of the day:
What is the largest crab you have seen?
I've only seen one larger than the one we saw tonight.  It is called the Tired Mommy Crab.  It can be quite deadly when provoked.  :)
Shhhhhhh!  Don't tell her I said that! :)  Love you Mom!!!