J.J. and Speedy

The little girls have been obsessed with frogs since first discovering them back by our pool. They have spent hours chasing them, catching them, creating habitats for them and trying to convince me that they should be allowed to keep them. I even had a friend tell me that I should let the girls keep one. With faces like these,

it's a wonder I haven't caved before now except visions of one of the two dropping the frog in our house and then trying to catch it kept me from saying yes.

Sunday afternoon we were wandering around the Learning Express when we came across two little African Dwarf frogs and the girls decided that they couldn't

"Live....Another...Second...Without...Them ...Mama"

It took some convincing but the clerk managed to talk me into it because "they only eat once a week and we give you enough food to last a year and you only have to change their water three times a year and they are water frogs and are not held-ever!!" Sold to the lady whose kids have gift cards burning a hole in their pockets. So 24.00 dollars later, the girls are now the proud owners of two African Dwarf frogs, J.J. (Abby's) and Speedy (Maddie's).

J.J. is on the right. He's twice the width of Speedy (who's a bit camera shy on the left). Please pardon the powder sugar fingerprints left by someone eating Chex Muddy Buddies (not saying who that was!)