One evening, the Herrera family is eating dinner together at one of their favorite family restaurants in the neighborhood. The restaurant, whose enclosed garden is the magic of the place and the crazy charm of a beautiful directoire-style dwelling, features a terrace where people can dine on summer evenings or simply have a drink.
At the restaurant, they know the owner and chef, who for this evening recommends crispy frogs legs served over a potato croquette with a lemon caper cream. They politely declined. Alliyah tells her parents that her class has begun studying frogs. She is nine years old now. In fact, she reveals that she has a report to do, and begins to explain the basic parameters as Adrian leaves their table, bringing Ash Skyler, their two-year-old son, to the restroom inside the restaurant.
"So mommy, first the frogs lay eggs in a pond, and then the eggs turn into tadpoles, and the tadpoles turn into more frogs."