This is the name my son decided to call us after we collected all these little guys. Here’s the story: As I wrote in my previous entry, Salvatore discovered frog eggs last Monday. We went back to the creek on Thursday, and since we had had no rain, it was drying up. We only got about 20 eggs on Monday, but the rest of the bunch was right at the line for drying up and dying in the creek. We then went home, got a large jar, and scooped up as many eggs as we could. The result was about 100 eggs total, and they all hatched over the weekend! We now have about 70 tadpoles swimming in that jar. Oh boy! I think I will wait until they are larger, and maybe even until they have legs, then release most of them back into the creek. It depends on how quickly and how large they get. I plan on giving all my family and friends frogs for Christmas. 
Blaise had his one year checkup and immunizations on Friday. He was grumpy and running a fever Friday and Saturday because of the shots. Yesterday and today, he was just grumpy in general. The poor kid is popping out teeth like there is no tomorrow! He has three molars, and a couple eyeteeth, not to mention the top and bottom front 4. I’ve been staying on top of the drugs for his comfort, and my sanity. He actually took a couple steps on Friday, but I can’t catch it on camera. I’m sure he’ll be running around before long.
My sister is doing well; only 5 weeks left in her pregnancy. I’m trying to figure out a way to get there, via my parents. Sal is not comfortable with me driving the boys alone, though. I need to talk him into it. If I could just drive to SB, then I could ride with my folks to WI. I’ll do my best to work it out; I know it would mean a lot to my sister. And, I want to meet my new nephew!
The touch me nots are starting to flower around here; but the pods are still too skinny to pop. Salvatore saw them and was so excited! We had a lot of fun hunting them down and squeezing them last year. I’m sure we spread a lot of seeds around. Something fun to look forward to.
We are also planning a trip to Michigan. We haven’t been to my in laws place up North for over 2 years, and have carved out some time to do it this year. It will be wonderful to go to the beach, and visit with his parents. We’ll be going the Wednesday before Labor day, and coming back home on Labor day. Salvatore will start kindergarten on the 5th. I’m a little worried about being out of town before he starts school; I wanted to get him used to getting to bed early and getting up early. That won’t happen when we are up North~ it’s always late nights and late mornings. I’m hoping he will be resilient enough to bounce back. Besides, it’s only 3 days of school that week.
My husband actually said something about getting a sitter for the weekend so we could spend some time along…… woo-hoo! We’ll see if it happens!
