SURPRISE VISITOR

We got 2 surprise visitors today. A very good friend stopped by to drop something off to us and more than the usual clamor went up as the kids came bursting back through the house hollering for me to get my camera and to come quick...

Well, we were all very shocked to see this big guy just sitting on our porch! He was so HUGE and just sat there still as a statue as the kids gawked and "oooh'd and aaah'd" over him. Martha and I couldnt even imagine where he would have come from - we live right in the middle of a big sub division and we arent close to what would be this toad's regular home environment. We were really baffled. The kids were blown away that he would actually sit so still and let everyone get so close to him. The little tree frogs we often get are very skittish that way...maybe this guy KNEW he was big enough to be reckoned with and could hold his own if he needed to! LOL

After the kids were all done and were happily galavanting in the driveway (we had GORGEOUS weather today) we had Kaeli find a big box in the recycling and Martha and I gathered him up into the box. She got a surprise as she was loading him in the car when he tried to jump out of the box - bet he could really jump if we would have let him. She took him and let him go in a pond area by her house. It seems the perfect place for him - almost wonder if he came from there....hopefully he will be happy and safe.

It sure was a fun animal adventure for us! It seems that spring may not really be far away when we have fun like this. Seems the last couple of years we have had froggies and dragonflies and all sorts of critters in the yard and spring wasnt far behind them...here's hoping spring is coming soon!

ALL CREATURES GREAT & SMALL

The girls came home from a playdate today and rang the doorbell. I thought that was odd until Kaeli told me why - we had a little friend outside they wanted me to take picts of....I was able to get these close up shots with my macro lens filters. I love those things!
Ceana was holding this little guy in her hand when suddenly it JUMPED right onto Caiden's shirt, and quickly climbed up his shoulder. Caiden was thrilled and was giggling hard, it was pretty funny

At first, the boys weren't too sure that they wanted to see the frog and Kaeli had to kind of drag both Colton and Ky over close enough to see it. They laughed pretty hard too when it jumped on Caiden

These shots are so fun with just the macro filters - cant wait until I can save enough for a REAL macro lens, the shots will be even better and cleaner too. Someday.....(sigh)

Ceana is my animal lover. She seems to have a gift with animals of every kind and size. She couldnt wait to hold this little guy. You can see how tiny he was compared to the size of her hands - he was prob only about 2-3 inches long....kind of fun to still live in a community where we can see "wildlife" right in our own yard :)