Four posts in less than 24 hours. Do I get a prize?!
I couldn't NOT post. I caught Mac! He had disappeared for a while and the kids were greatly disturbed--just sure we'd never see him again. I finally found him hiding in the tall reed-like plants by the pond. Sam tried to grab him but he flung himself into the pond way too fast! I sent the kids inside and found him a little while later sitting by the rocks next to the pond. I tried to get the guts to grab him, but when I got about 3 inches away he hopped--big and high and long!--about four times around the pond, then back into the water. He's so cool! :-)
The kids and I sat and watched him a while longer, hoping he'd come back out. I finally sent the kids back inside and watched solo for a while. Didn't help. I finally lost patience and eased up to the pond and was able to actually reach in and nab him! Ha! It was great!!!
And before anybody else has a chance to correct me for my ingorance, I realize that frogs are amphibians, not reptiles. (I referred to them as reptiles in a comment on my last frog post.) I realize they are different... but in my mind they're all the same! They are the things I have a hard time actually making my fingers follow through and GRAB, no matter how much my mind tells me that they're harmless. In any case, I was able to grab Mac and it made for a very happy day around here!
I couldn't NOT post. I caught Mac! He had disappeared for a while and the kids were greatly disturbed--just sure we'd never see him again. I finally found him hiding in the tall reed-like plants by the pond. Sam tried to grab him but he flung himself into the pond way too fast! I sent the kids inside and found him a little while later sitting by the rocks next to the pond. I tried to get the guts to grab him, but when I got about 3 inches away he hopped--big and high and long!--about four times around the pond, then back into the water. He's so cool! :-)
The kids and I sat and watched him a while longer, hoping he'd come back out. I finally sent the kids back inside and watched solo for a while. Didn't help. I finally lost patience and eased up to the pond and was able to actually reach in and nab him! Ha! It was great!!!
And before anybody else has a chance to correct me for my ingorance, I realize that frogs are amphibians, not reptiles. (I referred to them as reptiles in a comment on my last frog post.) I realize they are different... but in my mind they're all the same! They are the things I have a hard time actually making my fingers follow through and GRAB, no matter how much my mind tells me that they're harmless. In any case, I was able to grab Mac and it made for a very happy day around here!
And yes, Mother, that is actually your granddaughter kissing a frog! HA! I love it! It took some doing to talk her into it, but she finally did it! How else was she going to know if it would really turn into a prince or not?! Tee! Hee! What a great day. :-)
I put Mac down on the sidewalk so the kids could see him hop. They loved that! It was a little tricky catching him again, but I finally managed it and released him back into the safety of his pond. Amazing, isn't it, how in just a few short hours this guy has shown up, acquired a fan club, a name, and a pond of his very own! "His" pond, we say! Ha! It will be so sad if he decides to leave us. Of course, after today who could blame him?! :-)
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