Meet BOB

For Christmas, Parker was very excited about the tadpole habitat he got from Santa Claus. Especially since his fish, Betahead, slipped away into fishy heaven a few months ago. With the habitat, came a free tadpole (after shipping/handling) included. We ordered his tadpole on December 25th and we just received it on Friday, February 15th.

He was VERY excited that it finally came...

I was excited because it meant he would stop asking me, "When is my tadpole going to be here?"

Here he is swimming in his little test tube. Having come all the way from Alabama! Can you see the brown dot at the bottom of the tube? That's Parker's tadpole friend. He received a little certificate that said his tadpole was hatched on February 1, 2008.

In preparation to put his tadpole in his new home, we filled the habitat with water and treated it with declorinator. Then, we rested the tube in the water so the temperatures could acclimate. While waiting, he deliberated about what to name him. It came down to Parker Jr. or Bob. The final decision was Bob after deciding it would be too tragic is Parker Jr. kicked the can.

After a few hours, Parker was MORE than ready to introduce his little squirmy friend to his new home.

Meet Bob! (Brown speck at the bottom of the water well)

Disclaimer: I am aware from reading other people's blogs that this seems like a good idea at first. But, becomes a bit of a pain as the tadpole becomes a frog and begins to eat insects. So we'll see how it goes...