Going on a Frog Hunt

Yesterday the kids and I set out on a very long hunt for tadpoles. We started out at a local 'mudhole' that I was sure would have plenty.

First, we saw this guy...can you find him?

He had lots of friends with him, but no tadpoles! Then we watched these guys for a while. Natalie informed us that this was a mom and grandmother with the babies.

We then ventured to another 'mudhole' and had no luck there, either. So we went over to a park that I was sure we would find some puddles with tadpoles.

We knew we wouldn't find any in the creek, but we were also keeping our eyes open for some caterpillars (didn't find any of those, either).
But we did find lots of nice flowers!

And the kids were excited to play in this 'jungle'.
Finally, after a day long hunt....we found tadpoles!!!!

And we'll definitely post updates on them. Now I have to convince the kids that they need to go outside--grammy's room is starting to stink!

**I have just discovered that we may have baby newts....I guess we'll find out when (if) they start developing!