Well, where to begin? According to the ministry, the "official" home learning year has come to an end but the kids of course just keep learning and living and playing; art lessons, gymnastics, park and beach days, day trips to the big city or elsewhere out of town, plus lots of playing in the sandbox and on our inflatable bouncy thing have kept the kids and I all very busy. I anticipate much more of the same over the next few months, plus camping trips, loads of canning and preserving, some major and minor home renovations (indoor and out), some annual festivities to partake in here and a very special girl's 4th birthday coming up.... Whew!
And as for the little wrigglers... if anyone has been wondering about their status, they are doing great!
photo taken today - day 72 They have grown and changed slowly but surely over the last month or so. We keep the tank freshened up with water from a local stream and a fresh lettuce leaf once in a while and they happily wriggle around munching and dozing and growing and.... pooping! They poop constantly. We keep checking each day for signs of erupting back legs but nope.... just more poop. Legs should not be far off though (we hope!). It's great to finally be able to see their mouths opening and closing as they munch down on bits of lettuce.
I've given a couple of batches of the taddies to a couple of other home learning families and we still have far more than we will be able to manage when they start developing legs and needing to be fed a carnivorous diet, so soon we'll be releasing a good number of them back to their origins, keeping a dozen or so at home to raise into full-fledged froglets.
photo taken today - day 72 
Awesome update! I'm so glad they are remaining small...in that they will be native frogs for certain, though i think you ruled out them being a non-native , right?
ReplyDeletesounds like there is much on the go, we'll talk soon and catch up. Can't believe Hillary is turning 4~! In her photos over on flickr she is looking so much more "older child" and so much less "younger child"...does that make sense? Adorable any which way you look at it though, and looking more like her mama :)
Be well, mama :)
Thanks, Erin! Yep, I'd venture to guess they are Pacific Tree Frogs judging by egg mass and tadpole comparisons with others I've seen. I'd love it if they were! Yes, Missy has only a couple of weeks of being "3" left and I'm definitely feeling a lot of emotions that come along with having your last baby really not be a baby anymore. I'm a mama of "older children" now! Part of me is excited, another part is mourning some sweet sadness and aching to hold a baby again....
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