Tag Archives: Frogs

November 19th, 2017

Equal parts chew toy and entertainment, the Santa wand captivates the next sibling

Goofing around with dad

Desmond and grandma feeding the frogs

Desmond passionately lecturing on all matters frog 

Eleanor mildly excited to play in the ball tent

The littlest engineer, playing with the workbench more than brother

September 30th, 2017

While the annual trip to the AppleJack Festival didn’t happen this year, it was perhaps even more enjoyable to visit Kimmel Orchard without the mob of people

Des growing and growing

Ella’s hayrack ride face

Desmond was a bit more animated, though uncertain if it was the ride or the sight of the tractor

Like brother, like sister. Initially she wasn’t into it, but after mom took a starter bite to get the juices going, Eleanor clearly saw what the fuss was all about.

Cause who doesn’t double-fist apples?

Every time mom tried to put the apple down for a moment, Eleanor would grasp on and try to pull it back to her mouth

Desmond sitting on a pumpkin. Not sure why. Closer to the pumpkin patch, he runs over saying, “I go sit on pumpkin.” Toddler mysteries.

Waving hello to the pumpkins

Learning to eat his pizza “how Stephen holds it.” 

All worn out after hiking through the orchard, to extent of falling asleep with his cement mixer still in hand

Babies- emptying kleenex boxes in record time since forever

Ok, dad may be tied for most interested in the frogs (whose aliases now switched to Darth Vader and Ice Cream)

Frogs!

Liam, Viv and ma deliver a very special gift- Desmond’s first pet(s), frogs!

More specifically, two African Dwarf frogs

With minimal latency, Desmond proclaimed their names were “Stick” and “T-Rex.” Growth milestone: Des connects favorite things with favorite things, unprompted by explanation how one goes about naming pets.

Yeah, he’s pretty excited

Eleanor equally enthused, though likely more with sticking leaves in her mouth

Discovering what the tiny fork is for at Amsterdam

Unsurprisingly, frog paraphernalia surged in popularity