turtle creatures.

there once was a mama,
who didn't like pet creatures.



mainly because, she already had three
marvelous & perfectly-mess-creating children.




and the mama knew.

she knew too much about children and caring for pets.
she knew who really cares for the pet {and it's not the daddy or the children}.

and yet, they begged her for a creature of some sort.



and so, she pondered their request-
and came back to her parents childhood pet solution.




absolutely! yes! this mama said.
you may have your creature.




and thus- every summer.
several specially chosen turtle creatures
{which granddad k. saved from the peril of the missouri highway}-
have found their home in our backdoors.



the children love them-
and this mama loves that they stay outside in their lovely grassy mud pen.



and guests are brought from far and wide-
to the turtle creatures.

they are wined & dined on the juiciest worms.




and then, when the summer end comes-
we'll send them back to a nearby park & lake reserve.

and this mama can cheerfully say farewell-
till next year turtle creatures!