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A Frog Naming Contest

4/15/2020

37 Comments

 
Here is a video...caution, I have on no make-up. Just ignore that part and focus on the frogs. Also, Willow is squawking in the background. That's her thing. Anyway, I think this will be a fun contest! I want to hear from everyone. If you can't think of a name, but you like the names other people have suggested then just say you like the suggestion of ________--that's okay. This will be fun.
Hey, be sure to read the comments by Haley Robinson and my sister, Linda. 
We have one winning name contributed by Emmie Snider. She suggested Blu for the frog that turns the bluest. That made me think of a blues song (because it is kind of sad that we are apart)...but it is jazzy also. We will name the most blue frog:
Deacon Blu


The next frog or lizard that I get will be named, Johnny Rex.
Brenna suggested Johnny Rex. That is such an unusual name for a frog that it has great appeal.

Kynlee suggested Charlie Bucket. I had planned to read Charlie and the Chocolate Factory to you in school. That is another book by Roald Dahl and Charlie Bucket is a great character. I think most of you have seen the movie, so you probably know who he is.
This was a fun contest. One last thing. Haley originally came up with the idea of using a White's Tree Frog for a science fair project to show that they will change colors in their environment. James Henry Trotter is brown sometimes and green other times. Deacon Blu does not show as blue in this picture because he has been sleeping in green ferns. Charlie Bucket loves to stick to glass walls..that seems to bring out the green. ALL three frogs love to snuggle when they sleep. James Henry Trotter LOVES HIS NEW FRIENDS.
37 Comments
Cayden
4/15/2020 11:37:26 am

Frank and Jordan









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Mrs. Robinson
4/15/2020 11:39:14 am

Cayden, We are off to a great start!! Love the names.

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Jake
4/15/2020 11:41:03 am

Billy bob and bartles

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Camber
4/15/2020 11:47:50 am

paco and jasper

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Landon
4/15/2020 11:55:52 am

franklin and theo

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Mrs. Robinson
4/15/2020 11:57:35 am

Oh, I can already tell this is gonna be hard. What great names!

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Mr. Marty
4/15/2020 12:08:43 pm

Hey Mrs. Robinson! Loved the video. Outstanding video production if I do say so myself. Anyway, I recommend these names from one of your favorite TV shows from back in the day: Starsky and Hutch

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xander
4/15/2020 12:30:19 pm

larry and terry

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Mrs. Robinson
4/15/2020 12:48:18 pm

These names are wonderful. they are cracking me up. Mr. Marty was bragging on himself since he took the video.

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kynlee
4/15/2020 01:27:50 pm

augustus gloop and charlie bucket

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Mrs. Robinson
4/15/2020 01:35:50 pm

Wow, Kynlee! I love book character names and those are fantastic. By the way, did you see your blanket? It always stays on that love seat right under the frog terrarium. My home terrarium is just like that one we had at school.

Our school frogs are on my back deck unless it is cold. I put a big wooden ladder in there. They love it! Plus the get to hear all of the frogs in the woods behind our house singing away at night.

Captain Flint, Grayson, and Frogalina are all doing well.

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Mrs. Robinson's sister, Linda
4/15/2020 01:30:09 pm

When we were younger and lived in Florida, there were a lot of small, green tree frogs. One summer a small one got in our bathroom. It seemed like every time I got in the shower that frog was in there, too. I used to shout, Dadgummit! So we named him, Dadgummit. Well, I was scared he would jump on me. I wasn't going to touch him, Our big sister, Beth wasn't going to touch it. We were sissies. S0, we decided the youngest sister, Sara, would have to catch him. Sister love. (Sara is your teacher. ) So we gave her a plastic margarine bowl and sent her into that small bathroom.

Now, even though Beth and I were not going to catch it, we wanted to give our baby sister moral support. That little frog jumped all over that bathroom. We three jumped all over that bathroom. Your teacher caught that little frog beautifully.

So, I think one of those little frogs should be named, Dadgummit.

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Mrs. Robinson
4/15/2020 03:31:54 pm

Boys and Girls,
This is the sister that would never tell me what a word meant. She always said, "Look it up!" It aggravated me at the time, but it helped me get really good at understanding and using context clues.

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Willow
4/15/2020 02:09:10 pm

Hi Mrs. Robinson, I miss you too!!! I think the names should be Spike and Sponge because you named the other one James Henry Trotter.

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Mrs Rinson
4/15/2020 02:17:00 pm

How clever! I love to hear how you brain works,Girl

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Mrs. Robinson
4/15/2020 02:21:45 pm

Good grief! I misspelled my own name. It is hard to see this little type on my phone.

Willow
4/15/2020 03:23:09 pm

Thank you

Mrs. Fore
4/15/2020 02:14:28 pm

I think the two small frogs should be named Mr. Ribert and Mr. Ribbit. The larger one should be named Mr. Wren. They are all three so cute!!!

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Mrs. Robinson
4/15/2020 02:19:24 pm

It is so good to hear from you. Do you know that you are my only adult friend that will hold my sweet frogs. You have a special place in my heart for living what I love.

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Haley
4/15/2020 02:58:14 pm

Once upon a time, I had a favorite teacher at Red Level named Mrs. Robinson, who loved all kinds of animals! She helped me learn to love all sorts of little critters, also. A couple of years later, I bought a frog for a school project and named him Smiley. He was the cutest little thing! But, as he got older I couldn’t take care of him anymore and I thought back to my favorite teacher who loved pets. I gave Smiley to Mrs. Robinson and she took care of him until he grew old and wise. Fast forward to 18 years later and I am now married to Mrs. Robinson’s son, Charlie, and have the coolest mother-in-law ever! She still loves frogs, lizards, birds, dogs, the list goes on. So, I think we should name the frog Smiley Junior, in honor of the first White’s tree frog that Mrs. Robinson owned :)

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Mrs. Robinson
4/15/2020 03:08:52 pm

Oh my sweet Haley,
I am misty!!! You were one of my favorite students. You loved animal, too! I remember you brought in some GIGANTIC hissing cockroaches. They were startling! They did hiss!

I love that you are my daughter-in-law and you still share my love of animals.

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chelsea
4/15/2020 04:06:50 pm

teddy and freddy

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Mrs. Robinson
4/16/2020 09:05:17 am

That sounds like names for twins, Xander's Larry and Terry sound like twin names, too. Cute!

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Rylan
4/16/2020 09:22:00 am

Stitch and Raphael

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Mrs. Robinson
4/16/2020 09:32:48 am

Those are kind of fancy.
Get your mom to read the comment by Haley and from my Sister, Linda.....yes, sister that always told me to Go Look it Up. I think you will laugh. Love you!!

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Emmie
4/16/2020 10:10:28 am

Hey Mrs. Robinson! I miss you!! My names are Blu and Charlie

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Mrs. Robinson
4/16/2020 11:20:32 am

Emmie, I have typed and lost my message to you three times, because I am trying to link in a song I want you to hear. I'm going to play around a while to see if I can figure out how to do it. I love, love, love the name Blu. It reminds me of a song by Steely Dan called, "Deacon Blues." Blues are a genre of music that reflects some sadness--kinda like we are feeling now that we can't all be together. It also is a type of jazz. There is even a part of the chorus that says, "They call Alabama the Crimson Tide, Call me Deacon Blue." We could name the frog with the most blue, Deacon Blu.
I will keep trying to get it to link in.
Love you Girl. I think we have a winner for one of the frogs!!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X0hbpDTZ0pk

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Brenna
4/16/2020 11:56:10 am

Johnny Rex

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Mrs. Robinson
4/16/2020 11:59:47 am

That is a cute name. I'm glad you got your suggestion in.

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camber
4/17/2020 10:38:32 am

charlie bucket

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Emmie
4/17/2020 10:38:57 am

Charlie Bucket

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Brenna
4/17/2020 10:39:09 am

Johnny rex

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Kynlee
4/17/2020 10:42:27 am

Charlie Bucket but Brenna i really like johny rex too!

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Cayden
4/17/2020 01:25:38 pm

Charlie Bucket

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Landon
4/17/2020 03:49:56 pm

Johnny Rex

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Mrs. Smith (the intern)
4/18/2020 09:31:47 pm

After much debate and discussion with my four sons at home, we have decided on: Jabba the “hop” and Luke “Lillypad”walker. Obviously, big Star Wars fans. Miss you all!

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