Frog Catchers

Went on our regular walk with the neighbors to the Metropark where I like to go to pretend exercise.  The kids bike ahead and Ann and I hang back with Danny in the stroller.  Matthew is able to keep up pretty well on his like-a-bike.  We usually come around a bend in the path to find the bikes abandoned and the kids exploring something or someplace they've found.  Today we stopped for a snack by the river and the kids went crazy finding slow, ready-to-hibernate frogs.  They were slow enough for Matthew to catch them, which he found so thrilling that his hands shook.  Joe accidentally dropped one on Danny which Danny found very upsetting and after that he decided he would enjoy frogs from a distance.  There were so many good pictures, here are just a few...