Meet Hank

I really thought by now that Julia would have blogged about her water frog, Hank.

However, I don't think Hank has endeared himself to her and sadly, this frog is lucky if it gets fed once a week. Somehow though, Hank continues to survive.

I had never heard of a water frog before, but when Julia learned at the end of 4th grade that her new 5th grade teacher would be awarding students who had read the most pages or written the most pages over the summer, with one of these, her competitive juices started flowing.

Julia took the writing challenge seriously and dutifully wrote page after page in her journal.

I can't remember her final count, but it was enough to win the frog.

I believe a little guilt has settled in on Julia about her lack of enthusiasm and attention for this creature. She is even contemplating finding it a new home. In the meantime, Hank has been placed in the office because of a buzzing noise he emits erratically. So far he has outlived the 8 different hamsters we went through while living in Atlanta. For whatever reason, we couldn't keep a hamster alive, but we've succeeded unexpectedly at not starving a water frog to death.