Thor!

I think we lucked out twice . . . when we took Stormy back to the shelter, the foster lady informed us that they had a lot of little dogs needing foster care for 11 days (until an adoption event). CBC perked up a little and picked out a chihuaha/blue merle mix. Superman came home and said, "What is THAT?! Is that a rat?" Luckily, he is not a giant rat, but he does sort of look like one. Seems to be a great dog! His name was Mannie, but CBC renamed him Thor :)

Easter Bunnies bring pets?!

 
Easter brought us a nice surprise--a dog!! Superman and I had discussed fostering a dog for awhile, and I finally went to foster parent training. The Friday before Easter, I brought home a cockapoo! CBC was in complete shock--we got her on film saying, "Wait, what?" about a million times. She did not believe this dog was for her. The dog was four years old and had just been separated from her puppies--she was the sweetest thing! Her foster name was Sandy, but CBC renamed her Stormy. She was AWESOME! We took her fishing with us, shopping with us, on walks, on runs, played fetch, played hide-and-seek . . . Fabulous with the kids, house-trained, crate-trained, seriously perfect. Well, except for the seizures. The seizures were weekly and were more than we could handle, so the shelter took her back to find her a rescue home that will run tests and find out what is wrong with her and how to help. She was truly so precious to us! I picked CBC up early from school yesterday so she could go with me to return Stormy. CBC cried, I cried, and Stormy cried. Good luck, Stormy! We hope the rescue home will be everything you need and want! We love you!!

Spring Break

CBC got to go to my parents' house in Utah for Spring Break--it was the first time she had flown by herself and she said it "totally rocked." She has asked to be allowed to fly by herself from now on--right, like I'm going to book separate tickets just for her :) Anyway, she made lots of friends and had a great time in Utah. The weather was actually nice--no rain, no snow, no freezing cold. Buddy kept asking where she was and when she was coming home. He called her on my cell phone to tell her to "come home now! You're taking a long time!"

Of course, once she got home, they only got along for, like, 10 minutes.

Keepin' it real

My boss thinks I should start a blog called "Keepin' it real" because I enjoy regaling everyone at work with failure stories in parenthood. Well, here's my most recent spectacular parenting failure--I let Buddy watch "Vampire Diaries" with me. So last night, he was mad at me, and told me he was going to shoot me and "sink my blood." Nice one. Excellent parenting. So proud!

Deep Thoughts

Laughing at CBC's fascinating comments tonight--first, we're watching a recap of the Mariners game and Ichiro missed a catch. CBC says, "WHAT?! Ichiro missed? He's the best! Well, sometimes heroes fail."

And now, we're watching Tron, and the young Flynn jumps off the building as the guard is screaming. She says, "Well, he's gotta learn."

LOVE HER!!

An addition from Buddy--on Sunday, I asked him what he wanted for dinner (usually this results in him asking me, "Is ice cream food?" "Are chocolate chips food?" because I require a "food" selection for dinner). Anyway, he says, "I don't like food. It's not good. I only like candy now. Can I have candy for dinner?" Hmm, let me think about it . . .