New Additions to the Family

Today in Science, Blaine and I were learning about tadpoles and frogs. I say "we are learning" because I am really learning so much that I either didn't get from my good 'ol Munford Tennessee education or I just wasn't paying attention. Probably a little bit of both. Anyway, we're sitting on the couch reading Tadpoles and Frogs, one of his science books, and there's a knock on the door. It's the mailman. He's delivering our Live Tadpoles!!! You should have seen Blaine's face! He now thinks I am the COOLEST mom ever for orchestrating such a miracle.

We immediately drop everything and run to open our live little critters. We've only had the Planet Frog habitat for six months just taking up space on Blaine's dresser, so we were excited to get some use out of it. They came in two separate white bottles. We had to fill the habitat with bottled water and leave the unopened bottles floating in the water for 30 minutes before opening them and dumping the tadpoles in the habitat water. The boys were actually very patient. Blaine and I looked up facts about tadpoles on the internet while we waited. Finally the boys took turns dumping their own tadpole in the water. The tadpoles are much bigger than I expected and even more amazing they made it through the USPS system alive! We now have two new additions to the family. Blaine named his tadpole "Rockstar", huge surprise! We've only had a bunny,two hamsters, and a mouse named "Rockstar". J.J. named his.....drum roll please......."J.J.".

We are all looking forward to raising our baby frogs and watching the life cycle of a frog from tadpole to frog. I'll keep ya posted ;)