The Frog

Everyone arrived throughout the afternoon and evening at various times. All of our kids and their families were gathering at Lake Placid on the Guadalupe River near New Braunsfels for a family weekend getaway. We were excited to see the kids, brothers and sisters were excited to see each other, and the cousins...oh, the cousins! As Tater aptly put it upon Jordan's arrival, "Jordan, my cousin, is back!" These six little cousins just love to get together and play with each other, and it is so much fun to just sit back and watch.
That first night, bedtime came much too early for the little boys...even though it was way past bedtime. Caleb & Aidan were going to sleep in the master bedroom with us because there were two queen beds in there. They had been in bed for a while when I decided to go upstairs and check on them...I met them at the top of the stairs...with all sorts of excuses for not being able to go to sleep. I told them I would lie down with them until they went to sleep. Aidan went right to sleep then, but Caleb's little brain was still going ninety miles an hour. We talked about all sorts of things...the crickets chirping outside, the people next door having a party outside...we talked about going fishing and swimming and boat riding the next day...whatever his little brain could think of to not go to sleep. Finally, he decided he needed to go to the bathroom. So I took him into the master bathroom, which probably had not even been used since we all got there that afternoon. He lifted the seat...and there it was...the frog...



Surprise! He took a step back and gasped...I took a step forward to see what was going on...and gasped! "What's that, Nana?" "Well, Caleb, it looks like a frog!" It was so still I began to wonder, "Is it some sort of ornamental thing? Kinda weird, but who knows?" About that time, I saw it's eyes blink. Yep, it's real! "Caleb, I think we need to go get Grandpa!"


So Grandpa came and saved the day...Nana grabbed her camera on her way back upstairs...and voila! An instant memory of our first night at the lake. Needless to say, Caleb went to sleep with his mommy...and was very wary about going to the potty the next day!