animals

We have an ongoing science experiment at our house-the tadpoles on our back porch have grown legs and arms(or is it just front and back legs? Whatever.) Tom had to clear out some of the water because once they change to frogs they need air, unfortunately, he accidentally lost one of the tadpoles down the drain Saturday night. He was trying to drain some of the water, but the tadpole went with it! He told Leanna that it went to the ocean. So she pestered him with all kinds of questions, like who would feed the frog at the ocean. She was genuinely worried for it's safety. Tom was annoyed with all her questions, but I thought it was really sweet that she was so concerned. Then tonight he had to drain more water from the container because two more frogs died. We think they drowned. So hopefully we'll manage to save the last two.
It's pretty neat that the kids get to watch the animals grow like that. We also have a bird sitting on her nest out in the roof of our backyard. We watched the Daddy bird bringing little twigs and stuff over to build the nest. Every day Justin goes out back to yell "Hi bird!" and "Hi Tadpoles!"