Sunday 24 June 2012

Saturday 16 June 2012

Mario

More Play-Doh Barry! This weeks Play-Doh Barry is Mario!

- Holli & Barry

Tuesday 12 June 2012

Little Leroy Jenkins

I know I said I'd update a play-doh Barry every week, but something came up.
On Monday the 21st of May we received another dragon :) Little Leroy Jenkins.
Leroy Jenkins accidentally crawled into a box that was being delivered from Queensland. He was left in that box for about 2-3 weeks when a friends of ours found him. So we took him in gave him a bath 3 times to get all the dirt off. 


After Little Leroy Jenkins was all clean we heated up a heat pack and put it in his box to warm him up. He acted just like a baby, active and crawling around one minute and sleeping the next. He liked to fall asleep in my hand and was barely the size of a Tim Tam.




That night he slept in his box in my pyjama draw. 
On Tuesday I had to go to school, Yay, meanwhile my dad found a tank for Leroy. It was my brothers birthday and we were having the family up for dinner and cake. I spend as much of the afternoon as I could holding and keeping Leroy warm. Between Monday and that afternoon we managed to feed him 1 1/2 grapes and a bit of carrot. I put him to bed before all the little kids got here so they wouldn't know he existed and try to touch him with their sticky fingers :)
Wednesday I had school as well and played with Leroy when I got home.
My sister had her friend over who was excited to meet Leroy. We tried to feed him crickets with no avail and settled with a bit a grape. Later on that night is when it started. I had Little Leroy Jenkins on a heat pack, not too hot, when he started to roll over. I freaked out and picked him up out of his box. I thought he was too hot and was overheating so I took him into the kitchen and placed him on the cold counter. I tried to get him to drink water but he was frozen and couldn't move. He had suffered a seizure. There was nothing I could do. The seizures kept coming and all I could do was hold him. Eventually it all stopped and so did Leroy. He had passed away. We found a little show box for him and buried him underneath the tree in our backyard. He had been through so much and in the end he couldn't pull through. We comforted him and loved him for the three days that we had him. 
That's the story of Little Leroy Jenkins. 
- Holli & Barry