Allergic Reaction and Turtle

Well...it turns out my daughter either has early signs of hay fever or she is allergic to grass. We borrowed a lawnmower from our friends Jonathan and Trista since we do not own a lawnmower yet. Trust me...it is on the list. While we were visiting the Dobkins, we stood outside on their freshly cut grass. About two hours later, Hannah's left side of her face was swollen and had red spots going down to her chin and up to her forehead. Freaked this first time mommy out!
In this next picture, it looks like she just lost in a boxing match...but she is still smiling!
The rest of the weekend was uneventful...which was fine by me. But when I went to let the dogs out to play around lunchtime, I found a turtle just sitting on our patio area. If this doesn't prove we are in a woodsy country area, then I don't know what will!

Of course the turtle was in his shell because my dogs were outside.

This picture in through the glass from the door leading to the patio area. The turtle seemed to be pretty adventurous moving around the patio area after the dogs went inside. I like this picture because it also shows off one of Daniel's projects this weekend, which was assembling the water hose spindle.

This last picture is just a close up.

Now if you think I kept the turtle and put it in an aquarium, then you got another thing coming. I don't think Animal Control will allow me to have any animal that requires an aquarium...not after all the fish that didn't survive on my watch growing up. I am still surprised anyone let me have Atticus and Oliver!