30 Days of Thanskgiving: November 19--Geckos!

These delightful little guys are as much as fixture in our home as our stove, toilets, and Netflix. We have between 3-10 living in and around our home, appearing at random on walls, windows, or the ceiling. They range from tiny tiny--like your last pinkie knuckle--to about 6 inches long. Charlotte loves yelling "Gecko!" when she spots one of these guys, but the rest of us typically ignore them. Henry still occasionally likes to catch them (one night we caught five in about 10 minutes!) Besides the novelty and the entertainment, why are we thankful for geckos, you might ask? I'm so glad you asked. They eat bugs! We've been told not to harm the geckos or try to get them out of your house, because they keep down the insect population big time. That said, we have LOTS of ants all of the time in our house, and a variety of spiders, moths, flies. . .but I think the amount of bugs is indeed much more manageable thanks to these guys who work in our home at no cost to us!