Introducing……the Newest Members of Our Family – “Shipwreck” & “Overboard”

Our newest family members “Shipwreck” and “Overboard”

When we first moved into our house (almost 10 years ago) we set up a fish tank and put in two red ear slider turtles.  One was called “Slider” and the other was named “Rigel”.  They lived for about 8 years each.  It has been almost 2 years since we have had little friends in that fish tank.  My neighbor had mentioned several times that I need to go by the Wednesday Pickens County Jockey Lot sometime.  I had a Wednesday off one cold and rainy day so I decided that it would be the day to check it out.  That’s when I found these two little guys, the only thing I bought that day.

Karlie & Brina get to pick out 1 box to open…..they have to use their “reading” skills to chose the best option!

When the girls came home from school we had two boxes on the kitchen floor one had the word “turtle” written on the top and the other one had the word “nothing”.  After their homework they had the opportunity to pick which box they wanted to open for their surprise.  They were able to sound out the words and decided to pick the one marked “turtle”.

The girls decided to pick the box marked “turtle”, good choice kiddos!

Peeking into the box to see what is in the box……followed by squeals of delight!

“Shipwreck” and “Overboard” in their little tank

When I brought the turtles home they were the size of a quarter.

Trying to escape already

The girls were excited to see the new family members.  It took us a couple weeks before we came up with their names but everyone agreed on “Shipwreck” and “Overboard”.  It has been quite entertaining to have these two little guys around.  They have a lot of personality and are constantly re-arranging their tank.