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Creating A Snail Garden

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Creating A Snail Garden

Snails are one of Jake’s most favorite things… he likes to keep them as pets (for about 20 minutes) and went through a really fun phase of carrying them around with him to ‘cuddle’. Now, I’m pretty laid back when it comes to mess and dirt and I really do let Jake play freely… but I really couldn’t have snails in the house.. Jake was fairly reluctant to stay outside with his ‘best friends’, so I suggested to him that perhaps we could make a lovely snail garden for them that they would be happy in. It was met with an excited “Yes!”….

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Creating A Snail Garden

Creating A Snail Garden

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