Today I received an interesting email from a friend on vacation.

Apparently before leaving for vacation she found some frog eggs in her pool.  At the insistance of her children she kept them, really thinking that the chlorine would kill any chances of them developing, and low and behold they hatched the next morning!  So, three days later, the family packed up their car with tadpoles in tow and headed out  on their road trip for a 10-day vacation.
Who else but a homeschooling mom would do this? 

"I couldn't have them go through methamorphosis without us!" my friend exclaimed, as explanation for her actions.  But my friend certainly did not need to explain her actions to me.  Who else but a homeschooling mom would be JEALOUS of her new science lab of 45 tadpoles, captured in their very own pool?

Sadly, there was a lesson in this for me as well. I am bad about checking voicemail messages and my dear friend also thought of me and my children and had called me to offer us some of her tadpoles before they left. I did not retrieve the message and so we missed out on watching the tadpoles grow.  She assures me that when they return if they are not yet FROGS she will share them with us. My fingers are crossed!

Who else but a homeschool mom....