Our visitor

The other night I was cleaning up the kitchen after the kids were in bed and I caught a movement out of the corner of my eye. It was a tiny gecko. We've been having a problem with ants, and geckos like ants, so Clint came over to help me shuffle it to where the ants were coming in. I moved the garbage can and it ran away quickly but we couldn't see where it had gone. After a moment or two of hunting, Clint said, "I think it's in my pants." The little thing had climbed up his pant leg. We got it out and caught it with a plastic cup to move it over to the ants. It was gone by morning. I know we have another small lizard that lives inside near the patio door. At least they are helping to keep the ants away. We were playing outside yesterday and Emery came running to me crying because a lizard had tried to get him....I think it ran across his leg. There are certainly lots of new critters to enjoy in Texas.