Kieran and I went for a walk to the mailbox.

First we saw  a bunny.  Kieran pointed excitedly, "Woof!  Woof!"  I reminded him that bunnies don't woof, woof, but go "hop, hop, hop!"  I must have moved my hand up and down to demonstrate, because he took a single finger, bouncing it up and down and echoed, "hop, hop, hop."  We followed the bunny out of our yard and down the street.  Brave little bunny let us get within a foot or two of it.

Next we saw a monarch butterfly.  "Woof!  Woof! ROAR!"  Kieran is determined that all animals either "Woof" or "Roar!". 

Weaving my hands together I signed butterfly, explaining in a butterfly-soft whisper, "Butterflies are quiet, they go 'Flutter, Flutter!' " 

Kieran was unconvinced.  "ROAR!" 

The butterfly, meanwhile, in danger of being stomped by a ferocious, roaring toddler, escaped to the top of my shoe and thus hitchhiked back to our house for the other children to examine.  We released it in our little garden plot, and an hour latter as the sun warmed it's chilly wings, it fluttered over the housetop.

Stay tuned for more exciting adventures with the prairiefrogs!  Maybe we will do something thrilling like walk to the dumpster.