Ignacio "nacho" Willis

We have a tortoise.
{aka hell froze over}

We got this 90 lb dinosaur a few weeks ago.

I know, a pet?

At the Willis household?

What the?

Believe you me, I'm just as bewildered.

I mean, I was in on the planning and Craigslist searching... All 1hour of it.

But it's still surreal that I actually agreed.

(And that 3 weeks later it still resides here)

Here's the background:

I told ashlinn that we could start talking about getting a dog when she turns 10.

(She turns 10 in 30 days)

I began to panic.

I knew, without a doubt, that we would never, ever be getting a dog.

I just despise them.

(In a super nice way)

 So, a turtle, excuse me, tortoise, was the compromise.

It lives outside, eats grass, makes no noise, can't sneak inside, doesn't have fur, only drinks a small amount of water and pretty much is the very least maintainace pet a person can own.

Sooo, that's why it is ours.

It is a really dumb tortoise.

(Also, in a super nice way)

It has knocked a big tool box into our water main... And broke it.

(So water was spraying and we had to turn off all the water to our house for half a day)

It destroys its handmade tortoise habitat... Almost daily.

And it digs holes in our yard.

(Like a gopher)

Do I love ignacho?

(The clever blend of nacho and Ignacio)

I wouldn't go with love, but I defs tolerate him.

Aaaaand, I love the way my kids love him.

They still don't even complain about shoveling his doo doo.

I guess this guy might stay a while.