The tadpole ditch

Faith and I have been going across the street to a dead end road the last few weeks to just ride her bike and let her brother run without worrying about cars. We always do to the end of the road, she gets off her bike and throws rocks into a nearby ditch filled with water. Since we had severe thunderstorms move across our area last night and this morning, the ditch was filled with lots of water. What we seen next we did not expect at all nor did we know it was common. As Faith examined the water closer she discovered the entire ditch was filled with what we believe to be tadpoles. Since the water will not remain much longer due to the high heat and water evaporating we decided to rescue a few of them. We filled a pail with the ditch water, dug up a plant growing in and we are going to transfer it to a small aquarium. We are hoping to see the stages of a frog right before our very eyes. I am totally excited about this find and I think that her friends will be too.