Laura ❤ Turtles

Laura's class this year kept a batch of variously-sized painted turtles, and at the end of the school year last week, some of the students got to take one home. Laura was the lucky recipient of the smallest one, "Ping." (Ping had a brother named Pong. Yes, Laura named them.) Luckily, Laura brought him home on a day that Pam and Fred watched them, because it turns out that Fred loves turtles too! Little Ping is just adorable, and seems to love his new home.

Ping joins Penelope, Pippa, and Karl's fish Freddy into the Meissner Managerie. One boy, one girl, one dog, one cat, one fish, one turtle. We just like to have one of everything. And no, Ping did not chew on that plastic plant. It was already like that.

Special note: the colorful rocks are Laura's rock collection. She figured Ping would really appreciated them, and that having them in his house would be a great way to display them. I think she's right.

Now I'm just going to sneak this little picture in right here.