Hermit crab excitement

So we got four hermit crabs a couple of days ago. I did a lot of research and set up their ‘crabitat’ as perfectly as possible. Of course, the one little one did not come out of its shell at the store and I should have not chosen it. In hindsight…well, anyway, this morning it was dead.

So we run all the way back to Madison, which is an hour away, just to replace it and get a couple more. We HAD planned on school today, but somehow the dead crab completely changed our day.

The exciting part is that one of the new crabs we brought home was obviously in need of a new shell, of which we had none. He was going to the other crabs and flipping them over trying to find an empty shell. So my dh and I head to Wal-Mart craft section and buy a bag of shells. We put them in the tank and at this point the pesky fellow was calmed down. We watched and waited. He was on the move again and YES!!! He started nosing about the new shells. I called the kids who weren’t already there watching and sure enough, we all got to see him change shells. It was SO cool! My kids were so thrilled! Of course, my dh didn’t make it in time and was late by about 2 and a half second. I felt bad he missed it.

We may not got a lick of school done today, but between the crab and the fun they’re having outside with all of the non-crab usable shells, it’s been a good day.