Because Mommy says, “Stay in the shallow end with your floaties on and within two feet of me until a professional trained experienced swim instructor can teach you how to swim.”
Daddy says: “Pshaw…throw ’em in the deep end. I can teach them to swim. And dive. And do front and back flips. At age three.”
Grace just took her kindergarten assessment test, loved it, and was very disappointed that she still has six more months to wait. She is starting to read and SO ready to start school.
Yeah, yeah, yeah…I know he’s cute. It’s a good thing, too, so that he will live to see four years old. He ain’t so cute when at lunch and told to eat one carrot stick (which he happens to like) and he screams bloody murder at me, “YOU ARE NOT MY FRIEND; I AM NOT GOING TO PLAY WITH YOU!” (which is his ultimate insult—and duly disciplined as such)….or when he hurtles a toy across the room when told to remove his socks (which is his ultimate punishment) because he has hit his sister. (But it is pretty cute when he then tells me the rest of the day, “My feet are cold; I need my socks” and its 90 degrees outside.)
BOTH tell me they are VERY ready for their little sister to join us!
He was such a great Two. But I’m loving Three also.
Love this boy. He lights up my life.
We had always talked about breeding our Jack Russell, so now, finally, 5 years later, we finally got around to it.
I wondered often what was going through Minnie’s mind through this whole thing. I mean, she’s never seen a birth, never seen puppies, and one day she gets this enormous stomach that is practically touching the ground, and then puppies start appearing. “It all started when that strange dog showed up,” she wonders to herself. Minnie did give us some very bewildered looks those first few days. “How did this happen?” Yet, of course, due to our marvelous Creator, the dog (who has never seen a birth or had anyone teach her) knows exactly what to do. Maybe this isn’t very amazing to many people but I’ve thought it’s all been pretty darn cool.
And of course, there isn’t anything much cuter than kids and puppies.
Don’t bother asking for one. They were spoken for before they were born. Jack Russells like to catch rats and bark at strangers, so they are quite popular dogs around here.
Three more weeks till they go to their new homes. I will miss those little faces, but I will not miss all the pee.
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