free willy!

It's a long story, but today's after-school adventure begins with the aquisition of a frog:

Eventhough the boys were pretty enamored with idea of a pet frog, I had to insist that we release him back to his natural habitat...
... and I think letting him go was as much fun as watching him up close in the jar!

When it was all said and done, Hamp says "So, that's wildlife."

(It was so matter-of-fact, as if the release of a single frog was the equivalent to an entire year's worth of Biology 101, that I had to laugh at the confidence of his statement!)

After losing sight of the frog, we did what any little boy would do while at the river... throw rocks!