"There you go, you home now!" (by Katie) 

Alex & "Joy" playing while Katie watches 

"Joy" with Katie and Alex 

Molly and "Joy" getting to know each other. 

And puppy makes 3...

Well, we've gone and done it. We got another dog. I'll wait while you think of your sarcastic comment to post...


Okay, so we have been talking about getting a "transition" dog. What, you may ask is a "transition" dog? Well, we have a 13 year old Cocker Spaniel and an 8 year old Hound. That is pretty old for them add to that 2 small children and 2 adults who are pretty attached to those two old dogs. We have been thinking about what will happen when the time comes for Molly and/or Alex to no longer be with us and we thought that transition would be easier, at least for the kids, if there was another dog. Besides, Alex has spent his whole life with a quiet old Cocker Spaniel who never was much fun to hang out with.
So, we went to the animal shelter and looked and looked - we had found a hound on line we liked but she had already been adopted when we got there. There were 2 litters of yellow lab puppies but that is a lot of work, and I have NO doubt that they will be easily adopted. So we ended up with "Joy" a "hound mix" according to her paperwork. She is about 14 months old -so probably full grown and about midway between Molly and Alex in size. They are all getting along great so far and Alex keeps trying to play, but she just becomes submissive - I am posting some pictures so you can see how they are all getting along. The thing that really convinced us was, when we were at the shelter, we had time to interact with her out in a yard. Lukas was playing with something near the fence and she went over to him and laid down beside him and licked him! She seems very gentle so far and seems very comfortable in her new home. When we got home and they were all in the yard Katie said "There you go, you home now!"
We are still deciding if her name will stay Joy or we will change it. She doesnt seem to recognize it, as she was a stray and I think they named her at the shelter. Katie likes "George" from her favorite book Bark, George! so we are considering a female derivitave of that.

Through the eyes of a child...

With all the Star Wars craze (Lukas is riveted by the commercials for anything Star Wars!) we decided to watch the original Star Wars with him. I found it fascinating to see how a three year old interpreted the movie. I should first mention that, to him, it was all about the robots. So here it is, Star Wars, through the eyes of a three year old:

The “little one” (R2D2) and the “yellow one” (C3P0) are in the desert and get separated. Then they find each other again. Then Luke Skywalker goes in the “monster party” (the Cantina) where they meet Han Solo and the “tickly monster” (Chewbacca). Kind of gives you a new perspective on an old favorite!

Another Star Wars note: Katie was making a sucking in and out noise during dinner and I said – Katie please stop that, that noise is disgusting.” Lukas jumps right in and says “That is the sound “Dark Alligator” makes.” “Dark Alligator?” I asked. “Yeah mommy, the Dark Alligator guy in Star Wars.”
He now calls him "Dark Vader."

May 2005 

pool playdate 6-14-05 

Lukas' 3rd Birthday 

Our First Blog!

Well, here it is - our first blog! I am hoping this will be a way to keep everyone up to date with the kids and our family. I will try to post pictures of the kids and funny stories and things that they say. I hope you enjoy it!