What does one do when one knows, beyond a shadow of a doubt that there is a medium sized frog loose in your house? Well, if you were me, you'd spend every last bit of energy resisting the urge to sit on the kitchen table until the 8 year boy finds it. We have now been searching for said frog for 6 hours now, and I am beginning to get used to the idea that Kermit is hiding somewhere and may hop at me at any moment.
How did Kermit find it's way into our house? Good question. If you find out, please let me know, because this is freaking me out just a tad little bit. The 8 year boy is the obvious culprit, but has convinced me it wasn't him.
However, whenever, whatever...there's a frog in my house. Unfortunately I discovered him on my way to a bathroom break at 3:15 AM. He was sitting, very peacefully under a night light, just sunning himself I suppose. I couldn't tell what it was and almost reached down to touch it - Eeeewwww. Suddenly I snapped fully awake and screamed - FROG!!!! I woke S up, saying "do something, do something, there's a frog in the house, do something, NOW!" He was not near as excited or alarmed as I was, but did get up, despite his best attempt to play dead.
The scene that followed will forever be etched in my mind. Scott(in his boxers) vs. the medium sized brownish-green frog. I believe he was wearing boxers too.
Basically, the frog won. Scott lost the frog and decided he was going back to sleep. WHAT??? How could one sleep with a frog on the loose? We must find the frog, right? Wrong. I lay awake for an hour. I fell asleep enough to dream about a plague of frogs in my house. Huge, ugly frogs all over my house. I feel so rested today.
First thing this morning I had all the kids on the floor with flashlights, searching. So far the only thing we've found is several piles of rolly pollies, and way more dust than I am comfortable with. Seriously, if you have wood floors, take a flashlight and look under your furniture. Shocking.
I've already called Hunter's top bunk for tonight if we haven't found the frog yet. We've done our best frog calls and even googled "how to find a frog in your house", nothing. Suggestions???
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Forgive me for laughing hysterically. I'd be staying elsewhere if it was in my house. I hope you find it soon!
Frogs can hop so I doubt the top bunk is safe. I've seen them hanging on the side of my house on the 2nd floor windows.
Oh my gosh, Dena, I am laughing out loud! Sorry it's at your expense!! I don't have any suggestions to share, but I think I'd flip out too!
THAT IS SO DARN FUNNY!!! WE BACK UP TO A WATER COLLECTION BASIN AND AT VARIOUS TIMES DURING THE YEAR IT WILL HAVE WATER IN IT AND TADPOLES HATCH INTO FROGS. DURING THE SPRING WE HAVE A TON AND I MEAN TON OF FROGS. IF YOU WATCH AT NIGHT, OUR GRASS JUST HOPS UP AND DOWN-- FULL OF FROGS--YUCK!!! SO, WE ARE VERY USE TO FROGS AND THEY DONT FREAK ME OUT LIKE THEY USE TO BUT I TOTALLY GET BEING A FROG HATER-- THERE IS NOT MUCH ABOUT FROGS THAT IS LIKABLE-- THEY ARE JUST GROSS!! I HOPE YOU FIND KERMIT QUICKLY.
CHRISTY :)
If it's still there, you could try putting the kiddie pool in the kitchen and setting a lily pad in the middle. Maybe the frog will be there when you wake up in the morning. ;)
I thought of you tonight when I had a mouse visit our kitchen while I was cooking dinner this evening. Hope you got rid of your visitor. Ours is gone, thankfully before I went to bed, just hoping it doesn't have friends now.
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