A quote from the kids - 7/30/09

Jacques molted today. The kids noticed right away and were understandably curious. We talked about how Jacques grew too big for his skin. We also talked about how our skin stretches when we grow but his does not, and how our skin is soft but Jacques has a harder "shell" on the outside.

(click on the photo for a closer view)

After a long while observing and talking about what we could see, the kids decided:

"Now we have an old shrimp and a new shrimp!"