The Boys and the Frogs

The neighbor brought over some tree frogs that were living in his pool.  The kids were pretty impressed. 

This is Jaren.  He and Tuck and becoming fast friends. They are only tolerant of each other in short doses but as soon as they are apart they are begging to play again.

Kora tended to shake the frogs.  She sure got them to singing though.

And for those of you that know me well you will be ever so proud of my calmness in the face of the frogs.  As long as they were confined to the tennis ball container, I was fine.  I even held the container and watched them.   I must force myself to be calm because I do not want to transfer my phobias to the kids.  And I do not want them to hold it over me for eternity, so I will suppress my fears and wonder at the little frogs from afar. They are pretty cool creatures.

Tucker HATES Ladybugs

I know, it is a weird fear.  Almost as bad as his mother’s fear of frogs, but I digress. Last winter they seemed to be so thick in the house.  There were many a day that he would get “trapped” in the bathroom because he would go toddling in, not seeing the ladybug on the floor, but upon trying to leave he was paralyzed and stuck in the room. He would just yell until someone came to rescue him.

I thought this winter he would be bigger and fearless but alas no.

This morning he was playing with his horses and guys in the kitchen and suddenly he just starts screaming.  Scared me to death until I figured out what the problem was… a ladybug had crossed his path.  So Tuck jumps up, runs to the hall closet and returns with a Ball jar.  And this is what happened.

He trapped it until I could come and take care of the situation.

What a funny kiddo.