I had a little turtle, who lived in a box. He swam in the water and climbed on the rocks. Sorry, returning to childhood... Actually I did have a pet turtle when I was younger. "His" name was Myrtle. I know. Original.
Jeff found this little guy crossing the golf course on Saturday. He knew the girls would love him, so he brought him home in a cup. Rebecca and Abigail spent an hour arguing over his name, and I believe we ended up with Bogey (Abigail's) and Fairway (Rebecca's). "Call him what you want!" I yelled. Well, I had to yell over them. I wasn't frustrated because they were fighting over the name of a turtle! Not at all. Nope.
We set him up in an abandoned fish bowl with some pretty rocks and water. Oh, and a lamp, because turtles "must have 2-3 hours per day of basking," says Google. We've tried various food items for him to eat: lettuce, grapes, piece of banana, bloodworms from our fish food. He doesn't seem to be interested in much of anything, although I believe he ate a moth that Katherine captured last night.
Isn't he cute?
I'm not sure if we will keep Bogey Fairway Turtle. He would probably be happier "in the wild." I guess if we could be sure he was actually eating something, we might. And, really...do I need to add one more thing to my daily question: "Abigail, have you fed the dog, rabbits, fish, hermit crab, turtle?"
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O.K., forget the turtle...I want to see pictures of Katherine and the prom dress!
Dear Anonymous,
YOUR granddaughter did not take any pictures with her camera! Can you even IMAGINE?!? Therefore, I am relying on the charity of her friends to get them to me on a CD. As soon as I have them, a blog post will go up and you will be notified directly.
TRUST ME...she has been properly punished. Oh, and by the way...she was gorgeous!
I always wanted a turtle when I was a kid - back when you could get those cute little ones at the pet store. Sadly, I never got one. I can't really get too riled up about no one getting me one, since all my poor kids want is a simple little fish and I've not managed to get that done. (But in all fairness the last fish we had had a little fishing "accident", so....) Life's too complicated with just the kids. Do I really need to add pets (and fishing accidents) to the mix?
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