Well as much as I would love for the new addition to be another child, it is not. Instead we have "adopted" a reptile...say hello to Mr. Turtle.
Olena found him at my parents house a few weeks back and she fell in love with him, and mommy being a push over (and also someone who LOVES turtles and always wanted one) gave in and said yes lets keep him. J and I built a nice habitat for him outside, with lots of stuff to do and places to hide. He even has his own little pond! He knows comes to us for food and doesn't really hide anymore when we come over to him. He he is not afraid of Olena in the least bit, which surprises me because she is the one who is always poking at him. She likes to watch him hide and come back out, she thinks he's silly. And for those of you panicking right now about all of the diseases and germs that turtles carry....it know! I make sure to take all necessary precautions when handling him, feeding and cleaning and I have been teaching Olena how important it is. My family has always had tons of pets and not just dogs and cats, we always a bit of everything from snakes to ducks! I have seen the faces of horror on many of mothers we have told - trust me I tell Olena to "stop it" when I catch her licking Mr Turtles shell!
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