Once we got home Joseph and Daddy set up a habitat for the turtle (Daddy taught Joseph that word and hearing him say "habitat" is just the cutest thing ever!) Joseph named the turtle "Turty" and we kept him on our patio in the backyard for about 10 days. Both he and Ella LOVED "Turty"-every morning they would go and check on him, give him new water and food and throughout the day it was an easy distraction to say, "Go check on Turty" and both kids would run to the patio to check him out!
Joseph had no problem picking him up while Ella enjoyed him more from a distance.
One afternoon we put Turty in the pool with some water and the kids, of course, had to get in with him.
I love this picture of Ella as she is telling Turty to come to her-see her motioning with her hand?
Finally in the first week of May we were able to talk Joseph into letting him go to find his family. We talked to him a lot about him probably missing his family and being able to go wherever he wanted (the first time that I mentioned it to Joseph he had tears in his eyes! I thought that we were going to have this pet turtle FOREVER!!!) However, one day we went to check on him and the box that Turty was in was getting really wet and not looking so great so I mentioned to Joseph that he probably would like to find his real home and be with his family and he just looked at me and said, "Ok!" He picked him up and let him go through the fence and off he went. Ella was sleeping at the time so when she woke up Joseph told her that he let Turty go and that was it. It was fun while it lasted and it was really great to see both kids with Turty and get so excited about him but we're happy that he is back in his real home!
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