Mister La Frog is the frog I spoke about in the worm entry.  Mister Frog was rescued out of the pool in early Summer, he was in a chlorine induced coma.  Just to make myself feel better I threw him in the little fountain I have next to the greenhouse.  Everyday when I went outside I would see him duck his head under the water.  He was actually making a nice home in a kettle size spot of water.  He survived what 100's of others before him had not.  Sometime mid summer I found another frog, it to was added to the very small fountain.  Summer ends it becomes cold, the frogs had not found a place to hibernate?  (eyes rolling)  Here is where I would give my Mommy speech to Abby about how nature knows what to do?!!  Right?? Right?? Thanksgiving comes, the frogs are about frozen in the small fountain....time for intervention.  I ask the hubby to please get me a tank so I can bring my frogs inside.  It would be very upsetting to have to find them frozen in the ice.  This is how Mister La Frog came to live inside.   I know what you are thinking, 2 frogs I said?  Well about 3 weeks after they moved into the Ritz Frog tank in the living room Le Frog well .....he croaked!  It was HORRIBLE.  I had to tell Abby that he had passed, I prayed she would not notice (insert more eye rolling).  Mommy denial.  Wait the worst has yet to come in UBER Mommy mistakes.  I feel like as a Mom I need to distract her from the passing (she is WAILING)  I decide that the smartest thing I can do is to find another frog!!  Sounds like a good idea huh?  I tell her to go get her net, her Dad had mentioned that while cleaning out the skimmer in the pool that he saw a frog.  At the time I must have been grasping at anything to make her stop crying.  We go out to the pool armed with nets.  I will find this dag gum frog to make my little girl stop crying hell or high water.  I start digging my hand in the freezing skimmer basket when Abby lets out a shrill SCREAM.  She is pointing to the side of the pool.  The frog!!! (she is screaming) My heart starts to get really happy because I know this is going to be a HAPPY thing a NEW frog to REPLACE the old and best of all no more tears!!  Wait a second, she is not happy she starts to squeal THE FROG IS DEAD HE's DEAD just like Le FROG!!   UT OH....  UT oh  I am an optomistic Mom so I start trying to catch the frog..... Abby keeps yelling he's dead he's dead.  Uhhhhh sure enough that puppy was frozen solid!!  I gather Abby up and take her inside pondering how much therapy she is going to need to get over the trauma!!!!!  Here is a picture of our handsome fella.  He likes to watch himself in the mirror.
I have toying with the idea of ordering a mail order bullfrog BRIDE, he seems so lonely.  (and yes you can order one on up for about 20 bucks)