"Spring" cleaning

Here in AZ it seems i always do my spring cleaning at the end of summer when the heat finally breaks! so i'm going through all my stuff (AND BOY DO I HAVE ALOT) thinking about having a garage sale and all when i come across this little guy (yes in my house).

Isn'y he just so cute?  well of course i had to stop what i was doing and catch him.  there arn't bug in my house and the poor guy looked really hungry and was very slow and easy to catch. so what to do now? well let him go outside of course :) but first......

....i just had to show him off to bella!  she was very interested.  I told her it's a lizard and she like "hi lizard"  she even let it crawl on her for a bit, but alas i couldn't get a pic because i was so afraid she would end up hurting it after all she is only two and i see how rough she can be with the dog and cats.

This is so cute i really hated to have to let the little guy go.  but he'll do much better outside eating the bugs outside my house rather than me putting him in a cage and the having to either catch or buy bugs to feed him.  so this here pic is bella saying "bye bye lizard. see you later" and then i let him go on the wall of the house right outside the front door. 


well after all that i  had to go back to cleaning but it made it seem so much less like work knowing i got to have a little entertainment in the process and of course my little girl learning what a real life lizard is :)