Its all because of the frog

On Labor Day, I was outside mowing the lawn and found a frog. I called to Logan and he came out and picked it up. The next thing I know, Rob and Logan were planning on going to Pet Smart to buy things for this frog to live in Logan's room. I was not in favor of this because-well, it a frog living in my house. Anyway, I went along with it, since Rob already suggested to Logan about keeping the frog. So, we are at Pet Smart talking with the salesman, and he is telling us the things we should get for the frog. As the list of things gets longer and I see dollar signs flashing before my eyes, All I can think about is "this damn thing will be dead in a week. There is no way we are going to keep it alive and then we will have all this FROG stuff, and no money". Well, after chit chatting with Rob, we decided to talk Logan out of the frog thing. As we were explaining to Logan that the frog will probably die if we do not let it go, and there are other things we could spend the money on, tears started forming in his eyes. My heart broke, and I thought about the time when I was a preteen, crying to my dad so I could keep a stray cat we found. I now understand how my dad felt, and why he decided to let me keep the cat.
Well, with a little talk with Logan, we won the battle with him regarding the frog- The frog is going to be set free!!!.
Now, that is not the end of the story. When we were talking to Logan about the frog, Rob mentioned that he had a hamster when he was young, and asked Logan if he wanted to look at them. Logan happily agreed, and we headed over to the section of Pet Smart. We were looking at them and found that hamsters are active at night, but gerbals are active during the day, we all agreed that a gerbil would be the better option. And at that moment, Spike Logan "Cosmo" Rogers joined the family!!! yeah i am soo excited-not
We got all the supplies for this thing and headed home. I cannot believe we bought a gerbil today. This all started with the damn frog. THis will be the last time I ever tell Logan I found something outside. And, I WILL be talking to Rob about keeping his mouth shut about keeping live animals in the house without talking to me about it first. lol
All in all, Logan is very happy. Spike is living in his room, and he said he will be taking care of it, but as my parents know, when a child tells you this, the parents better plan on taking care of the new family pet.

Logan carrying the gerbil home- very carefully