RIP Geico

I'm a bad mom! On Sunday, June 8th Brandon received an Anole (lizard) for his 8th birthday which he named Geico (Yeah after the one on the commercials) and exactly one week later I killed it. We put him out in the sun to bask in the warm sun for a while and then took off to the beach and forgot to make sure he was in the shade with some water so he wouldn't dehydrate. Well he had dehydrated big time when we got back home and poor Brandon was crying in the pool. What do you say to your son when he knows that your the one who killed his precious lizard?? He was very forgiving when we told him we'd get a new one the very next day, and just like a kid, he soon forgot about Geico and started to wrangle a $28 Leopard Gecko from us. It's not happening, but we are getting the new lizard a better setup, so he won't have to be put out in the sun and forgot about. Here's a couple of pictures in memory of dear Geico.