You Kids Knock It Off Or We'll Go Right Back Home!!

My husband has gained a whole new appreciation for parenting. Until April, he had a very romantic notion of what it is like to raise a puppy. In the last 3 months, though, he's come to see that it is a LOT like parenting. It has also given him a new respect for parents of young children and for what his own folks dealt with.

Sunday was the first time we tried to take our two dogs, and our nephew-dog out by car to the town's new dog park.

Wrangling them into the car was the first challenge. We had to make Harley sit in the middle to break up Lexi and Duncan. And, of course, like the littlest kid she is, Lexi kept standing up and trying to weasel her way into the front seat, while the boys sat nicely in their seats.

The walk from the car to the dog park posed its own problems. These three could practically braid leashes the way they wove in and out of each other. But the park, seemed to be a hit. They met lots of new dogs. And they got lots of human attention since they were 3 look-alikes. Duncan, as usual, flirted shamelessly with various bevies of teenage girls.

The best part -- once we got them all home again, they crashed! Peace at last.