Nate has always been very interested in small creatures- from spiders (which I very much dislike) to small mammals. Because of our proximity to a field and pond, we often get large populations of frogs migrating nearby. Nate loves this, and almost everyday he has a new frog friend, which he knows he must let go back to its "family" after not too long. But he always struggles with where to put his new friends. So yesterday we built a homemade frog/toad "aquaterrarium"... complete with water, rocks, plants, and a sun-warming rock. He then had to find small crickets for the frog. He learned that frogs/toads are amphibians and therefore need to be able to go in and out of water, and the new home needs to accomodate this. He's very proud of his froggie's new (temporary) home. In fact, he's so proud, he then wanted to make one for the large banana-spider in our window well. So we did.
Nate admiring his new froggie home.
In fact, we can't get him away from it.
Here's our toad... desperately seeking his freedom.
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