Today I told the kids they could spend their money at Michael’s.  Jack had $6 dollars to spend.  He came home with a tube of animals – because he could not possibly pick just one.  I bought a plastic sea turtle for Julia too.  It was about the size of a real baby sea turtle.  We know this well.  We recently visited the Sea Turtle Research Center in Galveston and saw baby sea turtles close up.  So, our home welcomed a few more plastic animals to add the the large inventory of  existing plastic animals.  

Upon arrival, an aquarium was formed by none other than our own Animal Jack.  The plastic containers were rounded up.  Each had its own level of water and own animal in the container.  The kitchen soon became the exhibit hall needed for all the aquatic life that had just entered our home.

By this evening most of the animals had moved upstairs.  The sea turtle was placed in the bathroom sink upstairs.  Of course, the sink had to be filled with water to accommodate the turtle.  By the way, this is a Kemp’s Ridley Sea Turtle – the smallest of all the sea turtle species.  So, he won’t outgrow the sink too soon.  Being plastic also helps out with that too. 

I got everyone in their beds and was about to lie down with Jenna.  Jack told me that he needed to read Corduroy to the sea turtle.  I have grown accustom to the animal’s needs in our house.  So, I said, “alright, I will get the sea turtle, and you can read to him in your bed.”  Jack gave me a look, and I knew he wasn’t buying my suggestion.  I replied back, “It will be okay to be out of the water for the night time.”  Jack answered back, “No, he has to stay in water.  I will just go in the bathroom and read to him.”  I knew to argue would be pointless.  So, I said alright.  

I could hear him in there retelling the story to the turtle.  So, I took a peak.  My little guy was sitting on the floor of the bathroom with only the light from the hallway shining in, telling the turtle his bedtime story.  Moments later, he reenters his room, and says,”well, it was a long story, but I read it to him.  He should be fine now.”

Disaster averted. )