They've Arrived

Well, our frogs arrived in the mail yesterday. Case was so excited. We took them out of the package and sat them on the table until Jeff got home. I figured this was a good father/son project to put the tank together. I also didn't really want to do it anyway in case there was a slight chance that I would have to touch the frogs.

Jeff proceeded to clean all the rocks and whatnot just like the instructions said. When it came time to catch the frogs (with a net) he got the first one and put it into the tank. He then went after the second one. He got it in the net and as he pulled it out of the bag, it jumped out of the net onto the kitchen table and directly in front of Case. He was not prepared for this and pushed his chair back and started to cry. "Daddy, get the frog. Get it, get it." The frog then jumped off the table onto the floor and by then Case was standing up in his chair very panicked. Mind you, these little frogs are about an inch long so they're hard to catch and hard to see. Jeff was down on the group and finally caught the little thing and got it safe and sound into the tank.

Needless to say, Case does not want these frogs in his room now. He's afraid that they'll jump out of their tank even though there's a lid on it. They are now out by Bob (our fish). Maybe we'll eventually get them moved into his room, but for now he has been traumatized by the one practically jumping onto him. :)