Sunday, June 28, 2009

June for the kids--pets

Summer pets have/had invaded our "home". Kyton went to Tryce's and came back with three of the many frogs that the other Johnsons found in their yard after our rains. They found a home in the purple-lidded container that Bailey had for her hampster. Teagen ended up with two frogs the next day at swimming and had a blue-lidded container purchased for the few more days that we owned them. We weren't for sure what to feed them. We looked on the Internet and found out that they ate little ants, maggots, even fish food. So we fed them fish food. When Clint and I got back from Arizona after MeeMaw and Haw Jim housed the pets for two days, the smell was bad from the fish food really. So, I mowed Friday and after mowing a portion of the yard and setting up water, I had them bring their frogs. We had a grand release. They boys weren't too upset. (at all)

One day Jeana said they had 13 kittens and wondered if we wanted any. I said yes. So...she brought them one day during swimming the same week of the frogs. She brought three. I didn't tell the kids. They were all excited. Each of them of course have one. They are all three gray, but all three different too. Kyton has fallen in love with the kitten and has spent MANY times outside holding her. There are two girls and one boy. The boys drew to see who named the boy, but Kyton had been holding this girl and ended up making that his kitten. He named her Trap. Not sure where he got that. Teagen named his Tom and Bailey has yet to name hers. She likes to give it thought for sure. Kyton even went to sleep crying last night after coming in from the movies because he didn't get to hold her enough!!





2 comments:

Laura said...

How fun! We had a frog on our porch the other night. He was waiting for the bugs to come to the light. I guess our porch is a restaurant. If you need more kittens, call, we have 3 that need a home.

wjmc said...

Thanks for sharing the June activities at the Johnson House. It has been a month full of lots of fun activities and the addition of pets. Pets are experiences that kids and parents need to share and the summer is a good time!!