Frogs, Snails, and Puppy Dog Tails...

That is what little boys like to collect! We now are the proud owners of a pure white dove, courtesy of Levi and Myles and my ruggedly handsome, yet sensitive husband Ron.( Umm, where did that come from, this is what I get for leaving my blog post up for a minute and walking away from it). Last week, it was a baby cottontail rabbit. The same day the rabbit was discovered, they also tried to house an enormous bull frog(toad). Then before that it was a pigeon. My kids seem to think we are animal rescue clinic. Myles caught the pigeon and it was hurt, he nursed it back to health and set it free. My nephew, Terraine, caught the frog. The next morning it was MIA, and the only one that was near it at the time was Ashley, she must have felt sorry for the poor creature and set him free. The rabbit wasn't so fortunate :(. Being a wild rabbit it wasn't used to being held, and with so many children wanting to hold the little critter, I think it might have had heart failure or something. The kids scared it stiff(literally). It was sad though, Levi cried. They get attached to these animals very quickly. Then this last weekend we went from catching animals to babysitting them. We got to keep Spanky, the Sargents cat. I am thankful it survived, Ashley thought it was a babydoll. She wrapped it in a blanket, carried it in a car seat, tried to give it a bottle, funny thing, it let her do it! Then Levi took it swimming, and you know what? The cat actually swam. Now I don't know if it was swimming to save its life or if he was enjoying it, but I decided to put a stop to it right away. Clayton and Ronnie even enjoyed having the cat here, I caught both of them playing with him, and to my surprise Ronnie wasn't even tormenting the little thing!