Posted in Family Life on August 26, 2008 | 7 Comments »
100% Puppy. She’s a yellow lab / golden retriever mix, and her name is Chloe. Her eyes are just the same color as her fur. I may as well have an 18 month old human baby.
Antics include:
In the dishwasher. Completely inside.
Wearing my cell phone and charger like a scarf.
Causing an emergency surgery [...]
Posted in Ethiopia on August 23, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I’m not a huge fan of the Olympics, but I do love that Ethiopia ranks 5th in number of Gold Medals won per country in running. Go Ethiopia!
Dawit is speedy, determined, and very competitive. In addition to pilot, astronaut, and Ninja, Olympic runner is now on his list of professions.
Posted in Family Life on August 23, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Hazel, introduced below, has returned to TN to live with the woman who rescued her from the shelter. She needs a family without kids and cats, and a behaviorist to work on her aggressive tendencies. We had several bites and lots of snaps and nips, we made the difficult decision to re-home her. [...]
Posted in Family Life on August 13, 2008 | 3 Comments »
The kids conspiring to make lots of money. Remember their lemonade stand?
This time they’ve outdone themselves. They will set up a place where friends and family can pay $.25 to view Lily’s Super Gross-Out Knee. (biking incident earlier this week) I mean, who wouldn’t pay to see a set of four oozing scabs?
Big plans are [...]
Posted in Family Life on August 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Meet Hazel, our new pup. She was rescued in Tennessee from a high-kill shelter, and arrived by doggie transport (who knew?) two weeks ago. I found this great rescue organization who helped us: Paws 4 Rescue. We are working on a couple of issues with her, but overall she’s fit in very well. She’s successfully [...]
Posted in Family Life on August 8, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Lily is in LOVE with Penny. She was a fantastic rider at horse camp this week–she has a knack for connecting with animals, and she’s a good listener, so she learned quickly.
If anyone has ideas about how to fund this hobby, just yell. Lily is already talking about moving to a farm.
Posted in Dawitish, Family Life, Lilyisms on August 2, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Yesterday produced some great kid-speak:
Lily must have heard John talking to our new dog about who is the Alpha Dog in our house. Lily was affectionately petting the pup and saying:
You’re not the Elf Dog. Daddy’s the Elf Dog here. Do you love the Elf Dog?
On the way to swimming lessons, there [...]
