What?! A new pet?!

Counting all the frogs,

the 2 turtles,

the 2 hermit crabs,

Princess Jumper,

Dorothy (the .88 cent goldfish who requires $18 antibiotics),

and of course Boone,

this was the 57th pet the girls have had in the last 5 months...

Jake Deux, was only around for a day.

Brad's secretary, knowing our love for new pets,

called with this one after rescuing it from the side of the road.

She was hoping it was a box turtle but after a little research we learned it was a good ol' Mississippi Mud Turtle and couldn't live inside with us. {darn.}

So the girls tried to teach him to fetch,

or at least to play "kick the crocheted egg" but Jake Deux wasn't really interested.

So we put on some music and let Jake "dance" around the kitchen
before we set him free in the mud.
Bye Jake!