Good morning everyone! I hope you had a good day yesterday!
- Peanut Butter in the Refrigerator
From Print Shop Professional 2.0
Mark and I were getting dressed today in our bedroom, when our daughter came pounding on the door to demand, “Who put the peanut butter in the refrigerator?” (We don’t normally do that; the only peanut butter I have ever refrigerated is the natural kind that separates, but this was plain old Jif.) There was, of course, only one answer. I told her through the door that I must have done it when I was having a senior moment yesterday after making her PB&J sandwich as part of lunch for day camp. There was a second of silence, a flat “oh,” and then the subject was dropped.
- Mandy and the Treadmill
Mandy’s fascination with the Treadmill continues. As soon as she heard the “beep” that means it is being turned on, she sailed across the room to sit down and stare at it with her head hanging so low it almost touched the belt. We are very curious as to why this one object fascinates her so much.
Mandy and Darwin Mesmerized by the Treadmill
Mandy’s reactions to things take an extra effort for us to figure out, because she is a very unusual dog. Not only are her looks extraordinary, but we adopted her from the shelter when she was two, and the shelter’s information on her stated that she was found digging in the dumpster in McDonald’s, so unlike the other two dogs, we have absolutely no information on where Mandy was and what conditions she was living in until she was sent to the shelter.
We could tell the first Christmas we had her that she had never really seen a Christmas in a house before, so we tend to think that maybe she spent all of her life as a stray, but at the same time things come up, like the treadmill, that make us wonder. I can tell you at least that the dumpster diving instinct survived to morph into an instinct to root around on cabinets, in trash cans, and anywhere else food might possible be obtained!
- Turtles in the Bed (Not!)
Turtle, 2008
Driving to work/day camp today, Kayla told me that she wished she had a turtle. I said, “Kayla, you have three dogs!!!!” She told me she knew that, but she still wished she had a turtle. I told her, “No,” and she asked why, so first I repeated the obvious, “Kayla, you have three dogs!!!!!” and then listed other reasons: 1) Dad has said that nothing else living, even a goldfish, is coming in the house as a pet, 2) I would be the one who ended up taking care of the turtle, and I only like turtles that were outside my house, and 3) she only wanted a turtle because she had a friend who had one. We digressed into a discussion of whether said friend had a turtle or not, but then she brought us back to the subject, saying, “I’ve tried asking for even a goldfish and everything, but the answer’s always no.” I told her I was sorry she didn’t like the dogs, but Dad and I did, and three dogs was enough. She told me she did like our dogs but that “a turtle is the only pet I could have that could stay in bed with me.” (9-year-old logic – go figure!!!!!) I still haven’t figured out that comment yet, but it was the wrong thing to say – the idea of a turtle was firmly and permanently nixed after that point.
Have a great day everyone!
Nancy
Tales from the Mom-Side 