a plump kid in a candy store

That's how I felt when these lovely ladies arrived on our door step today!
To celebrate World Turtle Day Joe ordered these two beauties from our turtle dealer in SC in hopes that one of them will like our Mad Eye Moody. Poor Moody gets rejected from the other girls all the time. It's kind of pathetic so we thought we would help out a little and bring in some more options. =)

Of course Maribel favours the little one. She named her Mae like the little sister from My Neighbor Totoro. Mae the turt is a curious little one, always wandering off exploring. Maribel gets nervous when the turtles head towards an ant hill that she runs over as fast as she can just so she could carry them over the hill. So cute.

Since Moody is my turtle man I get to name the larger female. I'm not one to name pets in haste so I'm waiting to see if she digs Moody or takes the vow of celibacy. I know Moody wasted no time introducing himself as the tanks Lady's Man so I'm sure it won't be too long for a name.

Here's a pic of our stud with a little food on his face. I Just wish I was able to catch pics of Moody's suave moves. Next time. ;o)

And in case you were wondering these turts are Eastern Box Turtles (Terrapine Carolina.) We love the Eastern Box Turtle. They are just so cute with their cute little faces and the ability to hide themselves inside their cute little shells completly if needed. And oh do they love to hide. One time I 'lost' one for almost an entire day then Joe went to put on a pair of shoes and noticed a pair of beady little eyes peeking at him from inside his docs. We now check our shoes before putting them on. 

Long weekend coming up!
Yippee! 

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