Brenna and the Frog

Brenna is definitely more tomboy than girly girl!  Even though her favorite color is pink and she likes for her Daddy to tell her she's pretty when she's dressed up in her Sunday dress, that's about as far as her feminine side goes.  I don't mind.  I was a tomboy growing up too and even as a grown woman I've never been one much for girly things.  I've never had a manicure or a pedicure in my life and if I get to the hair dresser once every 3 months its a miracle.

Still, sometimes I can't help but laugh at Brenna's idea of fun.  No one will ever mistake her as prissy.  Here's just a few reasons way.

1.  Her bike basket is filled with sticks and rocks that we've collected along the creek trails.
2.  If you ask her to play her most favorite thing inside or go outside, she'll always choose outside.  She'd rather be digging
     in the sandbox no matter what.
3.  Her latest outdoor activity is to go on a safari through the flower beds with her bug cage and butterfly net and catch
     anything that has wings.
4.  She's never picked up a baby doll or barbie and dress-up has never made her to-do list.
5.  If we have to play inside we build things with blocks and magnets, or we play pretend which usually includes pirates or
     dinosaurs.
6.  She's not even 4 yet and we already have 2 chipped teeth because she's so rambunctious. Her legs and arms always carry
     some cut, scrap, or bruise.

So, on our last bug safari, what should we find but this a four-legged hopping friend who Brenna affectionately named Family Frog (because she thought he should be part of our family!)

And wasn't it just convenient, that we had something to catch him in!

Later that afternoon, we convinced her to let Family go so he could go back to his family.  After a couple of games of leap frog with Brenna hopping around the yard behind Family, we went inside.  But Brenna insisted we leave the porch light on for him.