Friday, July 18, 2008

Frogs. . .








We have a seasonal pond in front of our house, it fills in the winter and then drains in the summer. Last summer we had
tuns of frogs, so at the begging of this summer Berklee and Mason went down the little pond and caught a bunch of tadpoles and we got a book on the life cycle of a frog and everyday the kids would check to see what was happening. It was such a fun little science experiment, we watch as the tadpoles got bigger and their legs grew and when their tails fell off! They were tiny little frogs, I've never seen a frog so tiny. Marlee tried to eat it when we put it in her hand! Nasty!! It was such a fun little thing to do with the kids!!

4 comments:

Carol said...

That sounds like so much fun.
So gross if she would have actually eaten it ---YUCK!

Growing up we always called those kinds of frogs peepers. We caught one on a camping trip 3 years ago and named him Peeper Joe. The kids still talk about him.

Shelby said...

Ellie loved catching tadpoles a last month at a friend's little pond. I'll have to bring her up sometime to check them out! How fun.

P.S.- Did you end up taking the reception photos??

Shalyse said...

you are just the greatest mom!!! what a fun thing to do with you kids. i love that Marlee tried to eat them...gross :-)

Crystal said...

those are tiny!

wish you were coming up with your hubby tonight. :-(