I’m embarrassed about how long it has been since our last post.  Let me just state, that we have been dealing with a lot of issues as of late and it has taken much of our energy,  not to mention enduring a 4 day camping trip.  But, I’ll write about that later.

Lately, the boys have been very intrigued with animals.  If any of you have seen the Pixar movie UP (which I highly recommend), you’ll remember the scenes where if the word “squirrel” is shouted, all dogs stop what they are doing and look intently for the squirrel!  I have to say, I’ve used that same trick on the boys.

The boys LOVE dogs.  They go crazy for them and yes, we will eventually get a dog but not right now.  I’m not up for picking up any more poop then I have to.  Anyway, Nicholas and Dexter love dogs.  Joel, the boys, and I went for a walk one night and I encouraged Joel to leave us and go to the home owners association meeting.  One word comes to mind – STUPID.  As soon as Joel walked away, Nicholas REFUSED to leave the street corner we were standing on.  Yep – I was actually walking with the boys – no stroller in sight.

We paced back and forth, the boys and I, for 10 minutes before a person walking their dog walked by.  ”Quick boys, let’s follow the dog.”  This was how I was finally able to get the boys to leave that corner and start walking home.  ”Let’s see if we can find another dog.  This way.”  It was quite an ordeal, let me tell you.  Never ask your husband to walk away from the kids – lesson learned.

The other day, my mom was over watching the boys.  A blue jay was eating bugs in our backyard.  WOW – a bird.  Nicholas and Dexter stood at the window and watched for a good five minutes before Nicky got the bright idea to pull all the clothes out of the dirty laundry bin and throw them all over the floor.  This cracked Dexter up and soon it was a game – put few clothes in, pull all clothes out.  Then, all of a sudden, I yell “Look at the bird.”  Immediately they stop and run to the window to look.  I’m not proud.  I do what I must to keep order.  ;)

Here you can see the boys watching a real squirrel out on our deck.  I call him George.  If he sees Joel, he begs for food at the sliding glass door.  Joel gave him a Dorito once, 5 years ago, just after we moved in, and George remembers.