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The actress modeled an altogether different kind of “boa.”

Children can be tough to entertain — and even tougher to impress? This isn’t news, right? So you could certainly understand why Young & Restless leading lady Melissa Ordway would go the extra mile to really wow Olivia and Sophie, her little girls with husband Justin Gaston (ex-Chance). She would even let herself be wrapped in a beautiful boa constrict that looked like it was a mile long!

“I thought my kids would think it was cool if I volunteered to hold this huge snake” during a weekend adventure, she shared on social media. “I was very wrong. They kept playing.”

 

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At least Ordway’s castmates were impressed. In addition to cheers from Lauralee Bell (Christine) and Beth Maitland (Traci), Ordway’s on-screen mom Eileen Davidson (Ashley) wrote, “Well, I think you’re very cool for holding [that] very long, slimy, yellow snake.”

We thought it was pretty. Anyway…

In other news from the Ordway/Gaston home, Dad was recently giving older daughter Olivia a guitar lesson, sparking a moment so sweet, the actress exclaimed, “She is more precious than rubies.”

 

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And it looked like Gaston nailed Valentine’s Day. As he proffered a bouquet, his missus wrote that he was her “forever Valentine — and the funniest of all.”

 

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While you’re here, stop off at the below photo gallery to follow a romantic relationship timeline for the real-life sweethearts.