GROSS!!!

As some of you know Dad has a nasty scab from falling off his dirt bike. So some of it falls off and we give it to our rat Rosy and to our surprise she eats it! Funny yet disgusting at the same time! Be blogging again soon!

What you've all been waiting for!!

Aunt K's doggies and kitties! Olive

Jack

Boomer

Missy

Fiero

Brie

Our rat,Daisy died.

Yes Daisy died last night. Not very much to say but we miss her.

Just need to download the pictures of Aunt K's cats and I can post on them. Keep reading!

Grandma Lorrie's cats.

Grandma's Spock kitty.

Uncle Timmy's cat Monty.

And below is Mean Boy.

Still working on Aunt K's Kitties

Our playful pets. (O.P.P.)

Here are pictures of our playful pets! Enjoy!

Coming soon!! Pictures of Aunt K's cats!

Stolen then stolen AGAIN.

This morning Vance and I saw a lizard carrying something in its mouth! It was a caterpillar! It looked some what like this. We would not of seen it if it was not squirming while it was in the lizard's grasp. We scared the lizard and caught the caterpillar. Now it is time to let it go. P.S. notice the spike on its head cool huh?

Peacocks!

Emma, my cousin sent me these pictures. They were in my Aunt's backyard. Aren't they cute?

Toast in mom's quarters.

This morning mom told us to make ourselves some toast so we suprised mom by making her some to but we ate it in her quarters with her we said now can we talk about the things we like!!! Signing off.

My sad new title.

I'm changing the title of my blog because my frog Hopper DIED. Isn't it so sad???!!! So from now on my blog is called Austin's dead frog blog. you can get to the blog from the same address, but the title is different. We are thinking about maybe getting a new frog. I'll keep you posted.

The water cannon.

This past Saturday Dad build a water bottle cannon.What you do is you fill a water bottle half way full,place it on the cannon and have someone hold it there. Then you pump air into it,and have your friend let go. Water will fly everywhere. Some time the water bottle doesn't land in the backyard! that's all for now.

Luke's blog!

Guess what! Luke has a blog now! It's called Luke's totally awesome life. Find it at www.lukestotallyawesomelife.blogspot.com. Also Grandma Lorrie is taking us to see WALL.E. She is also giving me a party. I'll post on WALL.E later.

Our family and pets.

Here are pics of our family and pets!

Vance has a name for everything.

This past weekend we went to Gorman to camp for Fathers Day. On the last day after we put the sleeping bags away Vance says, Dad can you get helmtrie down for me. Then we all said, Who's helmtrie? Then Vance says ,My helmet.

Now how funny is that! I bet 100% that Vance has a name for his sleeping bag too.


This is Austin signing off.

I finishished my AWANA T'n'T 3rd handbook.

Yesterday @ my awana club I recieved my number 8 seal for my badge[8 is the last one].

Another meaning for the abbriviation FT.

FT. meaning feet or foot, but this time it means Finding Toads! Last night we went across the street to the park for Mom's walk. We brought wood planks,two tennis balls, and a glove to play softball. In the middle of inning 1 Mom and Dad found us and showed us a toad!!! When we let it go we saw another toad! Then later on the walk we saw about 8 more toads!!! By the way my frog is doing great. The bible quiz was yesterday. Our team won first place!!Ribbit!Ribbit!

Our new Wii.

We got our new Wii. How exiting!! We also got guitar hero. The Wii sports came with the Wii. We got an extra boxing kit so we can beat each other up!![LOL]! Right now I'm trying to beat Guitar Hero on medium. It is hard!

Luke and Vance's birthdays!

This past week we celebrated Luke and Vance's birthdays with Grandma Lorrie and Papa Dan. They took us to Chuck"E"Cheese's. We played ski ball,Tokyo cop,etc. Then we went to Grandma Lorrie's house to open presents. They got magnetics,clothes,etc. We had fun!

Bible Quiz

Last night I found out that I made the Awana Bible Quiz team! I don't know too much about it yet, but I need to go to practices on Sunday afternoons until the quiz. I know it's a competition where you have to know lots of Bible verses by heart and other Bible trivia, too. I am excited! I would like to invite all of you to come watch the quiz on Saturday, April 26th at Camarillo Community Church. It's at 1322 Las Posas Rd. in Camarillo. I don't know what time it's at yet, but I'll post it as soon as I get the information.

By the way, my frog is doing good. I just put him on his tree branch, and he is so cute when he sits there! Tonight he will get some yummy fresh crickets for dinner.

Also, my small group leader in Juniors, Mr. Callaway, is coming for dinner tonight. It should be a lot of fun!

My Dad's birthday

Happy birthday to Dad! Last Monday was Dad's birthday. Mom took him to a place called MB2. MB2 is a indoor go-cart racing. Not like Mountaisia. Way faster. We had to go to Grandma Lorrie and Papa Dan's house. We had fun though. Luke's birthday is next.

Picture of Hopper

Here is a picture of my new frog Hopper. Isn't he cute??? He seems to be very happy in his habitat. I clean his cage, change his water, and mist inside every day. Today I will be getting him some fresh crickets to eat. He even took a swim in his pond today.

No tadpole, but a tree frog...

I am sorry to say that my tadpole has died!!! Too bad. But Mom felt sorry for me and took me to the pet store. There I got a tree frog! He has the same name as the tadpole, "Hopper". This time, he actually hops around. He is just a baby and is green. He will grow to be about 2 inches long. He likes to hang out on the side in the back of the tank. He has to have 8 crickets to eat two-three times a week. Mmmm.....We brought some home tonight for him, but they are bobbing around in the water and he doesn't want to eat them yet. I am going to miss the whole metamorphisis from tadpole to frog, but that is OK! Going straight to a frog is fun!

My tadpole has arrived!!!

My tadpole has just arrived!!! I have been waiting for six weeks now. His name is Hopper. He is about one centimeter long. I will post a picture later, because my Mom's camera has no batteries right now.

My tadpole came in a small clear plastic tube in an envelope. So I need to let it change to the water temperature of the habitat. You let the tube sit in the water inside the habitat for 30 minutes, then you release the tadpole into the water. Eventually my tadpole will morph into a frog. The process takes about 12 weeks. I will chronicle the events of his metamorphisis as they are occuring. Stay tuned! For more information on the metamorphisis, look down at the earlier post on my blog.

Hanging Out

I was checking my email today, as usual, and Aunt Jan sent me an email with pictures of animals. I was scrolling through them and found this:

Wonder how that happened?

We went to the Placerita Nature Center yesterday on a field trip. First, they showed us some animals: a King snake, a tarantula (which Mom was afraid of and covered her eyes), a beautiful hawk, and an alligator lizard named Sandy. Then we went on a tour and saw an old cabin, an Indian Tiki (yes, a Tiki, not a teepee), various plants and trees, such as Sycamore, Oak, Poison Oak, Black Sage, and fox scat. We had lunch, played with our friends, and then went home.

P.S. Prayer request: I hit my head, please pray for that!

Newport Beach

This weekend, we went to Newport Beach while Dad was working on a project there. When we arrived, we parked and walked on the pier. Mom said, "There's a shell shop. Let's go inside!" I was just starting to look, and I saw a frog made of shells.

I found my things unusually fast, while Luke couldn't decide what he wanted. As you can see in the background, I also got a starfish. Did you know starfish have tiny suction cups on their legs, so they can stick to anything? Just like Patrick Star. I had a great time this weekend. My new favorite food is seafood. We went to the Crab Cooker restaurant and I had lobster, squid, shrimp, and scallops. It was delicious.

Pancakes for Breakfast

We were having pancakes for breakfast today, and I said to Mom, "Can you make a little pancake for Leapers (my stuffed frog)?" Then I said "Can you make that size for the rats, I bet they'd like it!" So we gave each rat their own personal mini pancake. Daisy, which is our black and white rat, got hers first and started munching down on it. We gave the second one to Rosie, our white rat. She tried to figure out, "How am I going to eat this?" She finally figured out how to eat it and started nibbling on the sides, while Daisy was 3/4 of the way done with hers. She must really like pancakes. They asked for syrup and butter, but syrup would stick to their fur.

A frog's organs

My Dad came home from work yesterday and said he had something for me. Every once in a while, Dad brings me home something. For instance, he brought me home a windshield wiper controller because he knows I like gadgets. So he said, "A guy at work said he had something he wanted to give away, but I told him I knew someone who would really like that." Then Dad reached into his backpack and pulled out a package with a clear plastic frog with all of its organs inside it!








So I took it apart and looked at the back of the package to figure out how to put it back together.





As you can see, it doesn't tell you how to put it back together, it just shows you the organs and where they go. I got confused and put half of his large intestine connected to his small intestine. Then I figured out later that two of the large intestine pieces connected together to make one large intestine. This is the best gift Dad could've given me! He gave it to me just in time to post it on my frog blog.

The life-cycle of a frog.

This is the Life-cycle frog.

1. A female frog lays about 200-2,000 eggs in the water and the male frog fertilizes them.
2. Tadpoles hatch. The timing depends on the species
3. The gills disappear and the lungs mature. Back legs develop.
4. The front legs mature and the tadpoles begin using them. Tails get smaller and smaller, until they disappear completely.
5. The fully morphed frog can now hop on solid ground,But must stay near water to keep their skin moist.

So for people who are interested that is the life- cycle of a frog.

My tadpole is coming....

My tadpole is coming!!! For this past Christmas, I got a frog habitat and it comes with a free tadpole by mail. So my Mom ordered the tadpole and it said it will be coming in 4-6 weeks. It has almost been a month. My tadpole will arrive between today and Feb. 16th for those who are wondering. I am very excited. I can't wait for it to get here. Do you know that tadpoles can eat fish food?

I got a bug sucker for Christmas also, and there is a small bug keeping cage that is removable and is able to fit in the feeding hole in my frog habitat. So now I can feed crickets to my frog that I catch around the house. Now, whenever I find a cricket I give it to my pet rats. They love eating live crickets. And they eat dead ones, too. Ewwwww!!!!

Mom introduces.....Austin's Very Own Blog

Hello, Austin's Mom here introducing you to my oldest son, Austin's very own blog! He asked if he could set up a blog and call it his "Frog Blog", since he is so very interested in all things frog. Here, you will learn all about life through the eyes of a 10 1/2 year old boy. Enjoy!

Here is a funny picture that will peak your interest:

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