For a brief time, the conditions were just right to produce snow in Texas!  So, our dog got to experience the ocean (sand, waves, live starfish, and jellyfish) and 10 days later-real snow.  She tried to "experience" both ideas the same way-she tried to bite the waves as they splashed her and she tried to bite the snow as it fell on her. Crazy dog!

Storytime:
Jeremy's turtle, Myrtle, escaped! We were sure she was gone for good.  The smell she left suggested she had escaped and died. We had left her at the school during winter break, but went up to the school every other day to check on her (she has an automatic feeder).  We looked all over the school for hours to be certain she wasn't just hiding.  When we could not find any trace of her - we replaced her with a matching turtle, hoping the kids wouldn't notice. 

"Myrtle 2" had been happy and thriving for over a week when it was time for school to start up again. Early in the morning, as the custodians began moving the benches and chairs from where they stored on the other end of the school, one of them screamed.  Myrtle 1 had been hiding, after all.

We tried to keep both turtles in the tank together, but they were constantly fighting. So "Myrtle 2" became "Shelley the Music Room Turtle" and moved to the elementary school to be with me. (Jeremy has enough tanks in his room)

We spent the New Year celebration in Corpus Christi with Donnie (my brother), Jessie, Hunter, and Fisher, as well as Jessie's family, and my Mom and John. 

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Donnie, Jessie, Hunter, and Fisher stopped at our house for the night on the way to Corpus Christi. Hunter and I played all the games we could and they we painted!

We got to spend Christmas Day at Jeremy's parents house. We were even able to spend a little time with Jeremy's grandmother for the first time in a year. 

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Jeremy's classroom has a "Living Lab" that he uses to teach 4th and 5th graders about biology. We started with Myrtle the Turtle and added Cosmo the Oscar (fish). Now we have Axel and Dani the Axolotls.   

As the year progresses we will be adding an aquaponics tank with fish and plants. 

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Our little Daisy is now 6 months old and so big! We started first welcomed her into our home on July 20th when she was 4.5 pounds.  She is now tipping the scales at just under 40 pounds. 

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