Living Outside the Lines

 Murphy is our escape artist.  He has to be tied up in the backyard or he digs a hole and is out in about 10 seconds.  Today I let the dogs out in the backyard and went directly out in the front with the kids to ride bikes. By the time I had come out of the front door Murphy had dug a new hole and was outside the fence - still tied up by the way!  We got some dog food and enticed him back through the hole.  What a nut!

Murphy on the WRONG side of the fence:

 He's left a little fur there on the fence:

 Coming back through - I think it must have been easier going out:

 Found the food!

The Irish Mafia

I had to take a picture of Aidan with the dogs for his preschool - I'm not sure what they are going to do with the pictures. It was so much work to get everyone sitting and looking at the camera, I thought I'd post it. Sully is on the left and Murphy on the right. I had to use a handful of dogfood to make them sit!

Emmy and the Farm

It's really interesting to see how much differently Emmy plays than Aidan did at this age. She loves this little farm and the plastic animals that go with it. She'll put the animals in the doors and move them from stall to stall. It keeps her occupied for at least 10 minutes - which, if you're a mother of a boy, you know is incredible. At this age Aidan was so concerned about learning to pull up and walk that no toy could hold his interest for longer than 30 seconds. I'm not exaggerating. Emmy is very content to sit and play with a toy. When she gets bored she falls on her back, rolls onto her tummy, pushes up and looks around. If she sees something she wants and it is out of her reach she'll try to get someone to get it for her by grunting and looking at the desired object. If that doesn't work she'll make a few attempts to reach out and grab it - this mostly sends her backwards - then she'll set her sights on something closer. Here she is with her two loyal subjects. Murph and Sully LOVE Emmy. They try to be as close as possible at all times. She loves to pet them and pull on their ears - it's really cute.