This afternoon Janet called and we took the kids over to the school ground to play for about an hour while the weather was nice. Then it was time to go home. Mimi had another playdate scheduled with her friend Liam from pre-school. All was going swimmingly. They played couple games of twister and trouble for those of us old enough to remember. The old games are new again. Pictured here is little brother Beckam trying to join in on their game. Then they decided that they wanted to go over to the school ground to play for a while. Everything was going well until Mimi went outside through the garage door. She then came flying back inside yelling "MAMA ,MAMA THERE'S A BIG DOG OUTSIDE!!!" Although she is much better about dogs now, they still scare her sometimes and this was one of those times. Sure enough, there was a big bird hunting dog outside running loose. He had a collar but no tag. He was somewhat timid, but yet friendly and energetic. Mama did not know who the owner was. Apparently the dog was well fed and clean. Just imagine this. We are all outside Mimi, Liam, Beckam, Rainnea (Liam's mom) and myself. Meanwhile Ollie is guarding the house/garage. The dog is running around, Mimi is freaking out, dog tries to run into the garage, Ollie the cat chases the dog (a 100 times bigger than the cat) clear out of our yard nipping and scratching at the dog's butt and the dog yelping all the way down the street. The dog then decides to come back to our house. Dumb dog. Mama then realized that Jess and Krista always walk their dogs around the neighborhood so they might know who this dog belongs too. Sure enough Krista knew the dog and brought him home just two doors down from us. The owners are in the process of selling their home and put the dog in the backyard and somehow the gate got opened. I tell you there is never ever a dull moment around our house.
