01 May 2009

Bunnies, Turtles, and Triceratops

What little boy would want a turtle when he already has a pet triceratops?
According to Asher, our family has met its pet quota through a prehistoric three horned beast, who arrived on March 19 this year. We were informed of the news earlier this week in one of those conversations where I had to hide my face behind a pillow to keep from laughing my head off.

Asher got to pet baby bunnies and a turtle at my moms group this week. That evening, Asher and I told Daddy about our fun day with the animals. I then described to Asher how Aunt Becky used to have pet turtles and how fun they were. Then Walter and I asked if Asher would like to have a pet turtle someday?

This is when we were informed that we already have a pet triceratops!

"Where is this triceratops?" we asked.

"She is in daddy's arms," he replied.

Walter's arms aren't big enough to hold a thousand pound dinosaur, but he was holding a six week old little girl!

Of course she isn't a triceratops, we tried to reason, because she doesn't have three horns.

To this, Asher jumped off of the couch and pointed out the two horns on Amelie's forehead and the one horn next to her nose.

Of course! Why couldn't we see them before?

Maybe the brother/sister relationship will improve now that Amelie is a three horned dinosaur and not a sweet little girl?
They didn't have triceratops carousel animals at the zoo, but here's Asher enjoying a ride on a velociraptor.
Maybe we should be thankful we have a "funny" dinosaur for a pet and not a meat eating dinosaur like this one.

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