A frog, a crawdad and a HUGE catfish

There is absolutely no denying that I live with three through-and-through boys. This weekend is the perfect example of boys doing what boys do.

While playing in the woods, Clayton caught a little toad named, "Froggy." He's carried it around, tried to feed it a dead fly, "let" it drive his dump truck, and even put it in his swimming pool for a a swim. He also has a play frog that swims around his little pool. So when he put Froggy in and Froggy swam, Clayton exclaimed, "I didn't even have to turn him on because he's real!" Right now Froggy is living in an oatmeal container on our back porch.

This is our fish tank. It is home to Doggy and Dorothy. As of yesterday, it is also home to Clayton the crawdad.


Cyle took the kids for a bike ride. They were gone for a very long time. I couldn't believe they had ridden their bikes that long. Actually, they hadn't. They stopped to play in the creek. And while there, they caught a crawdad. Clayton the boy carried it home in a cup they had also found. Both boys were so excited. They couldn't wait to put it in their fish tank and keep it as a pet. It couldn't fit in the house we had in there, so Cyle and Clayton found a rock house. Clayton the crawdad wasted no time in digging out the rocks and burrowing in. He only comes out to eat. We're feeding him bacon bits. I'm a little nervous about it eating our other fish...Clayton the boy is, too. But not enough to put Clayton the crawdad back in the creek.

Last night Cyle went fishing at a local farm pond. He came home earlier than I expected and I was greeted with him calling in the kitchen door, "Can you get the camera?" He caught this 15lb catfish with his bare hands. See how wet the bottoms of his pant legs are? That's because he went in the water after the line broke and grabbed the fish by the tail.

In this picture you can see his excitement. At least this animal we don't have to feed. We're having him for supper tomorrow night.