Birds and the Bees - Turtle Style

The boys and I arrived home a couple of days ago to find that our yard had been suddenly overrun with animals.  It was like Noah's arc had disembarked in our back yard and I suddenly felt like Snow White and the three dwarfs.  A bunny the size of a small pony immediately caught our eye resulting in an olympic race to the window.  After watching the bunny clean itself by dipping it's little paw (paw? Is that right... what is a bunny foot called?) in the blowup pool that has come to resemble the Clampets, the boys honed in on a turtle.  The excitement was overwhelming.  It was like they had seen a unicorn leaping over a rainbow.

As we concentrated on our new found green friend, it seemed to be doing something very odd so I told the boys "wait here, Mommy is going to investigate further."  I jumped out the patio door and walked over to the turtle as the boys lingered cautiously in the doorway, unsure of what was to be discovered.  As my eyes focused on this turtle and it's odd behavior, a big white egg suddenly popped out.  Now it was if Mommy had seen a unicorn jumping over a rainbow because I screamed at the top of my lungs "come here guys... AND RUN!"  Jamison must have been thinking "you crazy lady if you think I'm heading anywhere near you and that prehistoric creature" because he stayed contently in the door.  Jack and Josh, on the other hand, made a t-line towards me to see what the fuss was all about.  About a minute of me saying "just watch, just watch, just watch... it will come" another finally came.

This picture is less than fantastic but you can see the white egg coming out.

As that big white egg made its way out of this poor turtles vajay, Jack grabbed my arm in disbelief, took the biggest surprised gasp of air you can imagine, and held his breath for what seemed like 15 seconds.  Joshi's eyes were as big as saucers and then he promptly asked "mommy, why that turtle have white poop?"  We all chuckled and continued watching.  Minutes passed and 4 more eggs fell into the impressive hole this little creature had dug for it's youngins.  When she was done, she eloquently replaced the large pile of mud and even managed to pack some grass over the top for added camouflage.  Truly impressive after birthing quintuplets - really!

I was holding my breath but luckily no birds and bees questions came up from these curious little fellas, but I'm pretty sure that is because I purposefully and continuously referred to her as a "he", like that would somehow throw off their reproductive thought process.  Whatever works!

Come Out, Come Out...

Oh tryicycle... where are you?  Come out, come out wherever you are!

Hello friends and loyal followers.  I was hoping an ultra cute picture of Jamison would evoke a smile and allow you to forgive me for being completely MIA for the past 6 weeks.  Life has been beyond crazy, adventurous, and just plain wild.  I'm back now and have a whole lot of happenings to update you on so, stay tuned!