After many years of holding out, our family finally joined the rest of the Stephens clan in becoming overrun by pets. Isaac had asked for a turtle for his birthday, so we told him he could get one. Then we found out that it is very difficult to find turtles for sale. There are a lot of restrictions on what turtles can be bred and kept as pets. Finally on Friday we found some Red-eared sliders on sale at a pet store in Louisville and bought one for Isaac. The picture shows him in his new habitat.
Even though Isaac was the first on the list for a pet, Mariana was the first to get one. While we were looking for turtles for Isaac about a month ago, Mariana used some money she had been saving up and bought a hamster. She has been a very good caretaker for Leo, who seems to be happy and healthy. We did forget and leave him in his hamster ball the other day when we went out for a few hours. We got back to find him stuck in a corner because he had pulled the edge of a tablecloth into his ball to chew on and it held him in place.
We decided we needed to get more exersize, so Isaac, Mariana, and I have signed up for Tae Kwon Do classes here in Madison. The teacher has been instructing for many years and he has family-friendly classes that we enjoy. The picture was taken on Saturday just before we went to take our first test for a new belt. We all passed and now will be getting a yellow stripe on our white belts. Part of the test was using a certain kick to break a wooden board. Mariana broke her board on the first try.
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