The turtles

Way back in June,in Texas, my dad watched a mother turtle lay and bury her eggs in the sand.  He decided to collect the eggs and bring them home to Colorado for a Science project for the girls.  Since most of the eggs don't survive due to raccoons, we thought we could save some turtle lives!  So he brought home 27 eggs!  We have been anxiously watching and waiting for weeks! The eggs are incubating in an aquarium in our garage. The temp must be a consistent 80 degrees!  They are buried in sand and lake water must be poured on top of the sand every day to keep it moist so the turtles are able to dig out!

Well, we received a call on our way home from Minnesota that one turtle hatched!  The girls were beside themselves and we couldn't get home fast enough!  Indeed we have a new family member! We can't decide on a name...It was crush for a couple of days but as of now it's Startburst!

We are hoping for more to hatch... we shall see!

UPDATE!!!!
We now have quite the turtle factory here!  There are a total of 10 turtles as of right now!  It's so much fun waking up in the morning to see what has hatched!  The girls are loving it!  Thank goodness we already have homes for 5 of the turtles so far!