New Visitor

We apparently have a new visitor that has taken residence in our front flower bed. Sadly, Noah experienced his mother displaying full out fear this afternoon. All I could see was his head, peering out from under a rock, and I swooped the boys up, ran inside, and quickly called my neighbors to help me 1) identify what it was I just saw and 2) kill it if it was harmful. I am ashamed to say, that our new visitor only turned out to be a skink. For someone who loves the outdoors, I have apparently never seen a skink before and would prefer for it to stay that way. I will stick to the lizards I grew up with in Florida. This thing was huge!! The pictures don't do its size any justice. For those of you who know and love skinks, kudos to you. I will stick to viewing them from a distance!