Beware the Lizard!

Yes, I know, I'm posting a ton of things today. Sorry for playing catch up all at once!

Ryan has developed a few new fears. One is that he wants to sleep with the light on at night. No big deal, the little lamp we have isn't all the bright, so he's still able to sleep most of the night.

Another fear is this Lizard! I think I picked this toy/fabric lizard up when I was traveling with my credit union system installation job. I must have been in the Southwest - where else would I pick up such a funky lizard?

It usually hangs on on my computer speakers, until Ryan found it and asked to see it. He won't touch it though! If we even put it close to him he jumps away like it might bite him!

First of all, it's hysterical. I'm trying not to laugh and give him a complex that he'll need years of therapy for, but, admit it, it really is funny! It's stuffed like a bean bag and has beads for eyes! It's not more than 6 or 7 inches long either. It sure would be fun to just tease him, but I know it would probably do him more harm than it would entertain me, so we just try to encourage him to at least touch it and eventually play with it.

Maybe someday we'll have a breakthrough! :)

ps - he's also been talking a lot about monsters lately, so he's probably trying to figure out what is real and what isn't.