1. Tadpoles
A friend in my ward recently caught a whole bunch of tadpoles and offered to let anybody who wanted some to come get some. I thought it would be so fun for us to watch them change into frogs! I also thought, "Now, that's a pet I can handle. You keep them while they are babies, and once they grow up, they hop away and fend for themselves!" So I got four.
I put them in this little plastic container outside on the back porch where the kids could check on them. But I knew I'd have to keep a close eye on Hayden who surely wouldn't be able to resist that tub of water with moving things inside. I knew if I wasn't careful, I'd find the tub overturned and four dead tadpoles on the patio.
Well, sure enough. One day he got outside unsupervised, and when he came inside all wet, I knew it was the tadpoles. But he didn't dump out the water. The evidence suggested that he'd picked up the rock I had in the tub, and dropped it a few times, (he probably liked how the water splashed out.) That much I deduced because the tub was cracked, almost all the water leaked out, and two of the tadpoles had their insides spilling out of them. I was so mad!!! Mad at Hayden, the tadpole killer, and mad at myself for leaving their home in his reach.
We now have two survivors left, and of course, I moved them up. I put them on top of the BBQ, and things went pretty well for a few days. But then yesterday during preschool, one one of the little boys came and was trying to tell me something, but I couldn't understand him. ("Apples? Diapers? . . . tadpoles? What? TADPOLES?")
One of our little friends had crashed the bigwheel into the BBQ, causing the new tub to fall off, and dump its contents all over the ground. Thankfully, they told me quickly, and I scooped up those poor, slimy, little guys, moved them to yet another, sturdier plastic tub, with new water, and so far they seem to be just fine, (although one of them swims a little crooked now.) Their new home is safe in the windowsill above my kitchen sink.
2. 'Topes
Arthur's division at work had a special deal on Isotopes tickets this past weekend. For $8 & $6, (adults and children respectively,) we got an all-you-can-eat BBQ dinner and the game! So we took the family to our first Albuquerque Isotopes Baseball game.
I didn't get any pictures of the between-inning shows, but I think they may have been my favorite part. They had these crazy inflatable animals come out between innings and do these hilarious dancing skits. We were laughing and laughing at the animals dancing off to "The Tootsy Roll" and "Just Eat It."
We left after the 5th inning because the kids were really restless by then.
But it was a fun time, anyway.
When we left the 'Topes were winning 6-2. (Go Isotopes!)
3. "Tin-Wheels"
On Monday, it was cloudy and raining all day, which makes for a perfect baking day. So Sean and I made these very special pin-wheel cookies. Our conversation went something like this:
Sean: These are tin-wheels, right mom?
Me: They are Pin-wheels.
Sean: These are spinning wheels, right mom?
Me: Close, they are P-P-Pin-wheels
Sean: Okay. . . These are spin-wheels, right mom?
Me: Yep, Sean, they are spin-wheels.
That's a better name for them anyway.
We were doing blue because we gave some to a friend who was heading up to BYU, but they look really cute with lots of different colors. I think I'll make some more soon, because they were SOOO tasty, and fun for the kids to help with.
