Raising Tadpoles

 Earlier this summer, we found a tub of water outside that had a ton of tadpoles in it. We decided to bring in 7 of them to watch them grow. 




On July 20th they were so little!

Each week we would change their water and count them. Every week they got bigger and some would disappear. They grew and grew!




And soon they had legs!




We ended up with just one. He still had a bit of a tail, but he was jumping around outside of the water so we let him go.




Goodbye, little buddy!








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