Slow as a Turtle

In the Sunday night heat, we let our son run around in his swimmie diaper...outside...in front of all the neighbors. It's one of those things I thought I never would do, but last night that was our son. We got out the kiddie pool and actually thought about getting in ourselves. We were moving slow as turtles, and then we saw what we thought was a cat in the backyard getting ready to pounce, but it was a turtle - a huge turtle. We watched it move slowly across our entire backyard until it disappeared in our pond. We took a few pictures too, but we didn't get too close as I was sure it could really do some damage if it wanted too. Do you agree?

**You maybe wouldn't notice, but just in case you did, we are fully aware that the trim on our garage is in need of some major TLC. We did just get it quoted, and it's going to be looking lots better next to whatever wildlife we find in our backyard next time.**

***My Title: Slow as a Turtle is a simile - not to be confused with a metaphor. I have taught these two types of figurative language more times than I would ever dare estimate. I dream of the day when my students will keep them straight. Can you? ***