Frogs

As some of you may know we have a very small pond in our backyard. In this pond we have Frogs. When I discovered the frogs I was not pleased. Josh had to find a new home for as many as he could. One weekend he removed 13 frogs. Unfortunately we did not get them out before they did the nasty, and we now have a zillion tad poles.

A few frogs remained after we tried to exile them. I don't mind them as much now, so they will probably remain, unless Toby eats them.


This weekend Parker and Isabella wanted Josh to catch a frog so they could see it and hold it. After several attempts, one of which we learned that them there frogs are great jumpers, we adjusted our plan to include a lid for the Rubbermaid, Success! Josh caught us a cute green one. Bella loved it. She was so brave. She petted it, held it all by herself, and even kissed it multiple times.
Parker was very scared and forced to touch it against his screaming will.

Toby and Zeke were way fascinated. Toby was very hyper and couldn't control himself. He was jumping on anyone holding the frog and almost turned this story into a tragedy when the frog got out of our hands and made a break for it. After a fun day Bella released him back to the pond.

Click here to see all the cute froggie pictures.

Thirsty Dog

Joce loves bedtime. As I start heading toward the bedroom after putting the boys to bed she starts barking little excited barks and running in circles. Shew knows that it is time for her bedtime snack, a greenie. Em and I finish up our bedtime preparations about the time Joce finishes her greenie and she heads off to get a drink of water, but last night the water bowl was empty. This happens every couple months. Joce has developed her own special way of letting us know that she needs more water. She finds a water bottle from somewhere in the house (usually under our bed) and brings it to us. She is smarter than we give her credit for.

Doggy friends

Yesterday Em and I took the boys (Toby and Zeek) to meet the dog sitter and their dogs, 3 border collies which are twice the size of Toby and 4 times as big as Zeek. Toby and Zeek will be staying with this family while we are back in Utah packing up our stuff. Toby took to the new dogs rather quickly and started chasing/being chased. Zeek just kept trying to hide behind Em and I. One of the collies took a liking to Zeek and decided to torment him by pushing him and sitting in his hiding places. After he warmed up to the new dogs another collie started herding him like a sheep, she did a very good job keeping him trapped in the corner of the kitchen :)

After all the fun and excitement of making new friends the boys took a nice nap in the back seat while we grabbed lunch and drove to the dog park. This park has separate areas for large and small dogs. This time Zeek only took a few minutes to warm up and they both had lots of fun teaming up to chase the other dogs around, and occasionally stopping to get attention from the other dog owners.

After we got back to the hotel both of the boys just zonked on the bed for several hours. They were so tired that we had to bring their food into the bedroom to get them to even eat!