Children's Sermon

This past Sunday I used the boys as the object of my Children's Sermon. I printed out the first page of this blog and told the children all about Andy and Roy. I told them how Andy is highly intelligent and loves to fetch his toys by name, but Roy is not in the least interested in intellectual pursuits. Roy just wants to fetch, forget what the name is! On the other hand, Andy gets bored with just fetching a toy over and over again whereas Roy would do it all day. "Should I make Roy learn the names of the toys or make Andy fetch things a long time?" I asked the children. We decided that each pup/person has his or her own gifts and should not be made to be other than what he or she is. We should, instead, celebrate the gifts that we each uniquely have. I don't know if the children got the point, but they enjoyed looking at the blog and I enjoyed bragging about my boys.

Happy Birthday, Sis

Our eldest daughter was visiting from NYC, so we celebrated her birthday while she was here. The boys helped her open her gift. They didn't get any cake since it was chocolate and pups can't eat chocolate. They did get lots of rubbing and cuddles though.

Happy Birthday, Sis

No privacy (actual picture taken in bathroom)

Every time I go to the bathroom, I have two heads peering in to "help." Privacy is no longer a luxury we can enjoy in this house as long as the boys are around. Today I actually made the trip alone while the boys were playing outside.

Happy Fourth of July

July 4th we celebrate our Independence. We should also give thanks for all of those who have given their talents, gifts, and even their lives to enable us to be a free people. Our family, including "the boys" will have our traditional home-made ice cream to celebrate. The boys LOVE ice cream, but they have yet to experience my home-made fare. We will also follow tradition and watch the musical "1776" which recounts the story of the writing and signing of the Declaration of Independence. I wish all of you who follow my blog a very Happy 4th! Those in my international audience, I encourage you to rent "1776" and enjoy a musical version of our history.