Our New Pets

Tad, as in Tadpole

Connor and his new pet frog, Tad

Rylie and her new pet hermit crab, Minnie

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The story of how the pets came to be is kind of strange too. Late one night, about a week ago or so, Connor came out of his bedroom just sobbing and sobbing. Finally I got him calmed down enough to see what was wrong. All he could talk about was a frog that Grandpa McGinnis helped him get but, they let him go so he wouldn’t poop in the tub. Ha ha! It didn’t make sense nor ring a bell for me so, I thought he was talking in his sleep. Well, he brought it up in the morning again. I asked Mike about it and he didn’t remember anything like that. I asked Mike’s Mom and she didn’t recall it. Well, then I asked Mike’s Dad and he said it was true. He said it happened when we lived with them the 2^nd time, when Connor was probably 3 years old! So, 3 ½ years later he brings up this frog! So funny! Connor remembers everything!!!! Heck, he even remembers the room numbers of my hospital rooms when I delivered Rylie and Corie! So, I told Mike’s Dad about Connor remembering. So, last Saturday Mike’s Dad shows up at our house to take Connor to go look at frogs. Now, we are NOT ALLOWED to have pets where we live or we will be kicked out. We’ve stressed this a million times on Mike’s parents, who think we need dogs, etc. Well, they return and in walks Connor with a frog, a big ole’ tank, food, etc. Connor was so, so excited and happy about it! So, I called our landlord and he said it was ok, being that it was a small frog. So, we are now owners of a pet frog. The type of frog he is is a pacman frog. The name comes because of the way he looks when he opens his mouth to eat….a pacman. J At first Connor named him Mickey but, shortly after he changed his name to Tad, which I think is adorable. He’s a cute, cute frog. He is sometimes hard to find because he blends well with his surroundings. Connor takes very good care of him and always tells me we need to make sure we give him delicious crickets so that Tad knows Connor loves him so much. So, the story continues on! Rylie then wants a pet! She wanted a fire-belly frog, which you have to have it in water. That’s not approved so then she wants a bird or a gerbil. Well, we definitely cannot have those in our house! So, it comes down to a lizard or a hermit crab. She decides on a hermit crab. She chose one that has its shell painted to look like a lady bug and even has googly eyes glued onto it. At first she named it Tangled but, now is changed to Minnie. We’ll see how long that lasts. She loves it and just giggles and giggles. In the day time it burrows itself in the sand. AT night it’s all over the place. Rylie chose a little crab shack for it and red sand. Connor then decides he also wants a hermit crab. We told him we weren’t going to buy one for him but, if he wanted to buy one with his own money he could. So, he took his piggy bank out and counted out the money he would need. So, we took him to the pet store the next day and he picked out a bigger hermit crab that has a shell painted like the head of a pig, also with googly eyes! He climbs over Rylie’s crab. Both of the crabs like hiding under this tree-like thing we put in their tank. A few times we haven’t been able to find Rylie’s crab but, then find he’s burrowed himself underneath all of the sand and is at the bottom of the tank.