COWABUNGA!!!

So we've recently acquired a couple new pets in our household.... meet Raph and Leo!!

Lol, cute names huh?! Courtesy of our Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle lovin' daughter! Ok, so here's the story...

I recently decided to start walking every morning for some good ol' exercise and our trek takes us down to the park here in Preston Lakes. We walk there, around the pond, then stop to play for a while and head back, very nice... well on our first day we began our return trip and right there on the path I saw this little bitty shell with Mr. Turtle all tucked inside. I showed Alora who was beside herself excited and was absolutley taking this "ninjda tuwtle", whom she at first wanted to name Samson???, home to keep. After getting him home safely and into a little bowl complete with some water and a stick to keep him company she proceeded to change his name SEVERAL times, not able to decide which "ninjda tuwtle" he really was, and finally, due to the red on his head, settled on Raph... which also happens to be her favorite.




We eventually got Raph all set up in a nice little habitat with a little room to swim and a nice dry place to bask. Then she realized that... we go for a walk everyday... and there are 4 "ninjda tuwtles" so hey, on tomorrows walk we can find a Leo turtle, right?! She was absolutely convinced, and I, on the other hand, was doubtful. But as you can see from the above pic, amazingly enough, we indeed found another. Right out there on the same path. When I saw him, I almost didn't believe it but there he was stickin' his little neck out walkin' along. At first she didn't want him though b/c he was NOT a Leo turtle... he was red like a Raph turtle, she thought he would have blue on his head, lol... CUTE I tell you. But after an explanation that God made all of these types of turtles with red spots she was all for taking Leo home to meet his new pal Raph!! Hahahahaha, I love it!

Now thanks to our good friends the Haltoms, we've got them both set up in a nice aquarium with LOTS of swimmin' space and a nifty floating rock. And I have to say both Kevin and I are quite surprised at how entertaining these little guys(or gals btw, it's too soon to tell!!) can be and both Alora and Xander LOVE them. In fact, "turtle" is the Xanderman's newest and most frequently used word lately!!! To top it all off, she quickly decided that on our next walk we could find Mikey and Donnie... bwhahahaha... I think NOT!! We'll just enjoy our 2 lil' "ninjda tuwtles" for now!!! Hope everyone had a great weekend!!