It's loaded with frogs, and every night this is what you hear:
Did you hear Chris say "What is that sound?" :) This was the first time we went down to the pond, and Brian was determined to get a picture of one. They kept jumping away before we could even see them, but finally Brian got this shot:
Little did we know just how much of the frogs we'd be seeing. This was the next night, I think, and not close to the pond at all. We were walking home from the pool:
I did pet this one once it stopped trying to jump out of Brian's hands. I thought it'd be slimy, but it wasn't at all. His skin was very dry and bumpy. (I guess this is not a frog, but a toad. Is that right?)
The next day Ann and Leeanne took the kids to the playground next to the pond (thanks for sharing your pics ladies!)
And even this involved, you guessed it....
Yep. That's an itty, bitty, teeny, weeny frog. So cute!
Chris was content to just scout out frogs for others to catch, but John, Ben and Logan all came home with their own frog. Logan's was dead within minutes. He's still learning not to squeeze them too hard when he picks them up. He didn't seem too upset though, cuz he knows there's about a thousand more just a few houses away. John and Ben put theirs in a cup, wanting to take them home to AZ.
We warned them their frogs probably wouldn't live that long, and we were right. But it was pretty cool seeing all these frogs anyway.
6 comments:
I love that! It reminds me of grwoing up with four brothers. I can't decide if my girls would join in and love it or run the other way. I really need a boy. . .
You are such a great mom. I think I have instilled in my boys my fear of things like lizards/toads/snakes and what not. I cant help but get all squeemish for some reason.
oh, how fun! During monsoon season, we get a few toads out here and last year, Olivia was calling them Monsters. She would say "There's a monster, Mom." And it took me a few minutes to get what she was talking about. Frogs/Toads are fun. :0)
How fun for your boys. I wouldn't be able to touch one, but I would still think it was a blast to see the kids finding and playing with them.
We had a big huge frog (or was it a toad?) in our pool last year. It was a real good little swimmer.
We get TONS of frogs (or toads) in our yard each spring/summer. I mean, we'll have like 10 hopping around at night. After a little research we learned that they are a poisonous type and their venom or "secretions" are used as hallucinogens. These frogs go for big bucks over the internet! So, I guess if things get really tight financially, we have our own little nest egg of illegal hallucinogenic frogs to fall back on!
Izaak says "ohhhh... I wanna go there!" He loves frogs... We will have to take John to the river with us (if we ever make it this year). Izaak loves to catch the little frogs... :)
Smiles,
Sean A'lee
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