"A house is not a home until it has a dog."
-Gerald Durrell
We were hoping to take the kids to the Dallas Arboretum this weekend but instead we spent our days keeping our eyes on a dog who had something surgically removed from his stomach. In his defense, we don’t think he ate the string that got stuck on purpose, he probably got it on his tongue eating something else off the floor and ended up eating the whole thing. Poor dog. He’ll live though, and that’s what’s important.
Still, we did manage to find a few ways to entertain the kids. Ashlyn wanted to show off a magic trick she learned at school which took the form of mixing primary colors and turning them into secondary colors. James thought it was cool, and it was nice to see Ashlyn excited about science.
We also made it out to the open house put on by the Bedford Fire Department. We didn’t get a lot of time out there since we got a call from the vet shortly after we arrived letting us know we could go pick Rusty. It was enough time though for the kids to have some fun, eat a hot dog, and watch a helicopter fly away. Not a bad list for such a short visit.
The rest of the weekend was spent finding anything we could to keep the kids occupied. It kind of worked.
