A Frog Story

Our yard is literally hopping with frogs...that being said....



On Tuesday it was finally warm enough to pretend that it was summer. The kids wanted so badly to try out their new swimming pool. Although 72 degrees isn't beach weather to me, we will take what we can get! We had a fun day playing in the pool. Unfortunately in order to get the pool to drain and moved off the lawn you have to deflate the pool and hang it over the rails on the deck to dry. What a pain! The pool has three valves the size of quarters that you can let the air out, so it goes pretty fast. It is pumping the thing back up that is annoying....

So the next day, Wednesday the weather seemed good, the pool was re-inflated and the swimming continued. After a while the kids start shouting that a frog was in the pool. I looked up to see the shadow of a frog in the pool. I thought, how in the world did a frog get in the water? A closer look into the pool I realize that the frog wasn't in the pool but INSIDE the pool's air chambers. The previous night we left the quarter size holes unplugged and a frog decided to come on in. The kids thought it was hilarious. You could see it hopping around the inside of the pool. I wanted the frog out. Mitch and I tried to get the frog out for a LONG TIME but didn't have any luck. The frog would not cooperate! Mitch decided after the pool was deflated for the night to keep the pool plugged up so that another frog wouldn't come in and after the frog died we would then be able to get it out.



You know, just what you want--a dead frog's silhouette while enjoying the sun during pool time. The next day I went out looking for the carcass and found that silly animal still hopping around. I pleaded with Mitch to get it out alive. After working on it for awhile, he finally got it to hop out. I am sure the frog had a tale for his family when he returned home. And that is the story of a frog and a pool. The moral of the story? Keep your valves tightly closed while the pool is not in use. You never know what might crawl or hop in. The end.