hancock spring

well i know you've missed us. here's a glimpse into hancock life lately.

the princess...

the eyes...

the backyard pool...and the neighbors...

the rocket...

by far the best part of our spring has been the unexpected discovery of the tadpole pond. one monday while mills was at piano lessons - noah, hallie and i wandered around a pond nearby. we saw some of the biggest tadpoles i have ever seen. the next monday after piano (so mills could come too) we went back. with a net and a bucket. the next monday we went back with 3 nets and 2 buckets (less fighting - more hunting). seeing as how i have become the "jack hanna/steve irwin" of wayne county schools i may have done a life cycle - frog/tadpole/crawfish presentation for all of my kids different classes with all the cool stuff we caught. i may have made up a few facts and deflected a few questions. i am sort of a celebrity here now. at least among the under 10 crowd.

every tuesday we take some new tadpoles in different stages back to school. this past week hallie and i might have even done a presentation for a second grade class at a school my kids don't even go to. i mean famous. here's a tadpole with front and back legs - a trophy...

a few mondays ago the kids (including 4 neighbors) found a HUGE snapping turtle stuck in a drain pipe at the pond. i called bryan. he came to the rescue. after an hour of LOTS of questions by the young people and ideas on freeing him (also by the young people) some rope and minus one shirt - bryan determined we didn't have the right "equipment". he did go back later that night with leaders and high school boys and "equipment". couldn't catch him. did manage to push him through the pipe and out the other end. at least he's not stuck.

HOWEVER - they did see some really big bullfrogs. evidently the frogs our tadpoles grow up to be....

so on friday the hancock family - armed with flashlights and big nets - headed out to the pond after dark. Noah, Mills and Hallie each caught a HUGE frog. Me too! check em out...

HUGE FROGS PEOPLE...

wore hallie out though...what an adventure being a hancock!!