Tuesday, June 1, 2010

happy birthday to the COOLest three year old in the world.

Today is Zeb's BIRTHDAY. Happy third little munchkin.

He got some new sunglasses from a friend and won't take them off.  I asked him to give me a "thumbs up" and this is what he did.  Looks like we still need to work on body parts.  He's known where his liver and kidneys are since he was two- but he's still struggling with thumbs.
 
 Last week we found a puddle with THOUSANDS of polliwogs (tadpoles as they are known back west) and I couldn't resist bringing one home for us to watch!  Zeb refused to name him so we just called him "tagpole".

I'm shocked at how fast he's grown!  two days later he looked like this!

and then yesterday after a day full of memorial day festivities, we returned home to THIS!!  He had completely eaten off his tail and was out of the water breathing AIR and perched on his bowl! We're lucky he didn't just jump out and hide.
I think we are going to return him to the wild today when we go running!  There was a TON of rain yesterday so we may be able to find some more new tadpoles this week!

12 comments:

Lindsay said...

Happy Bday Zeb! Cute pic of Zeb in his new glasses. He looks so cool and grown up.

I used to love catching tadpoles and then watch them turn into frogs. so fun!

Cassidy said...

I love the bottom picture with the aperture wide open. The little kid blurred face adds a sweetness and whole new dimension to the photo.

Pat and Brent said...

Happy Birthday Zebby!! Hope you have a wonderful day - and year to come. We love you so much. Glad you are enjoying the tadpoles turning to frogs. It seems like such a miracle.

M- your favorite said...

HAPPY BIRTHDAY little man! I hope you guys have a great day! Miss you like crazy!!!

Love you!!

Unknown said...

Happy B-Day Zebster from Nannie Annie. Wish you were here but we'll see you soon.

P.S. Love the froggie.

Angie said...

Happy Birthday, Zeb. Love the thumbs up. Love the little tagpole too.

Pam and Rand said...

He is so darling and super cool!

yaya said...

Happy Birthday Zeb! Your are the coolest 3yr old! Love the froggie too...Have a wonderful celebration and eat a piece of cake or whatever you do for your birthday, for YaYa and PawPaw!

Susanna said...

Phebe has the same problem with thumbs up. She sang with the primary for mother's day and my mom and I kept giving her thumbs up, and she kept holding up her pointer finger...so cute. Happy Birthday Zeb!!!!!

LauraJ said...

That picture of Zeb is awesome - love it! Happy birthday to the little man!

The frog is very cool too! One time we found one and had a friend over and we explained to him (age 2.5) that it would turn into a frog in a few days. He checked that frog every couple of minutes to see if it had turned into a frog...at one point in the night there happened to be a frog sitting on the side of the bucket (it was on the deck) and he was sure his prayers were answered. It was hilarious!

Delaps said...

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Michelle said...

HA!! That picture is fabulous! I'll be copying it to put on my fridge, if that's okay. So cute. Happy birthday to a super cool 3 year old.

SUCH cool parents to bring "tagpole" into the house to watch. That is really amazing.