Saturday, August 23, 2008

Frogs everywhere

So my wonderful discovered a week ago that a momma frog jumped into his little pool outside (that I hadn't cleaned in over a week opps) and had HIM some tadpoles. There were hundreds of tadpoles and he wanted to keep everyone. So being the bleeding heart mother that I am I decided to make a frog habitat out of an old fish tank easy right WRONG? Not only did I net about 24 little tadpoles I also captured about 50 mosquitoes larva. Yes I strained the water before but it did not work. So after I made this new home for my sons 3 set of pets I was watching them (I have to admit the are very cute) I notice all these mosquitoes. AHHH what do I do! So I try to net them out. No they swim away fast. I hit the internet great they sell fish that eat them. Off to the pet store we go! I nice young girl was there to help me and I told her my predicament. Wow she is also a frog expert well the best an 18 year old can be. She recommends these two small fish keep in mind I have my two children with me. Torin is also my real deep thinker I mean if he asks you why is his candy bar brown he wants to know the chemical compounds that make up the color brown. Any way back to the story. After she suggests these to fish she continues to tell me that these would be the best to eat the squiggling larva because the eat there own babies after they have them. I gasp as my son starts screaming no momma that’s not right mommas don’t eat there babies. You would never eat me RIGHT!!!!! I look on horror as this young girl is taken back at the pandors box she has opened. I quickly explain that I world never eat him and I promised to explain everything as soon as we got home. I quickly take my fish and head home. Now it has been two days and I think I have explained enough about how the animal kingdom works but he still does not look at those fish the same. The crazy things we as parents go through to make our kids just the slightest bit happy makes me laugh sometimes. So now at night when we say our night prayers Torin has informed us that we have to include the 2 dogs, the 15 or so fish including the 2 mean ones, the 24 tadpoles, and the worms in our prayers each night. If you forget them we must say a whole other prayer just for them. The worms are in a habitat that he saw how to make on TV and suckered me into making for him. I thought great science project no just another pet. If any of you’ll know me very well you also know that I have this carnal fear of worms I am terrified that they will crawl inside me and live in my intestines and us my backside as a door to come and go as they please. THANKS MOM FOR THAT ONE! Well okay hope all is well!

1 comment:

Bre said...

I can't wait to find out how many frogs make it Nikki!!!