Way back when Evelyn was a youngster (honestly, we were all baby-faced), her first experience with snakes was... Awkward? Terrifying? Hilarious? Probably a little bit of all of it. As an animal lover, I have tried to teach our kids to love animals, or at the very least, have an interest in their existence. So, on our tiny hobby farm in Iowa, when a garter snake slithered through our yard, I naturally grabbed it and showed it to Evelyn and Claire. Claire was too interested in the cat door we'd re...