Stairs

Moose knows how to use the stairs now...one night we were all watching TV and suddenly we heard something upstairs...she had walked up the steps and put herself to bed.  'night Mom, 'night Dad, I'm tuckered out, going up to my crate!

Stairs

When Lucy first learned to walk up stairs, she got very excited.  One night on St. Botolph Street she decided to do all the stoops on the street...we must have spent 30 minutes up and down (and up and down) before Mommy and Daddy got tired.

Keen on Keens

Lucy's favorite toy, by far, is still Web's Keen water shoes.  She just loves to chew on them and thank goodness they are durable.  Second fave would be chewable keyring from Sharon.

Couch potato

Last night we had to do some disciplining.  Lucy is not allowed on the couches unless she is invited, and she was jumping on all day and at night.  We had to throw her off (gently) by her neck (like her mother would have) and she got hurt feeling and didn't really understand what was going on.  We felt terrible but know it's building a foundation she'll need for happily living with us for many years.

Shake and shimmy

I love when Lucy shakes her whole body to clean up - after one of us has held her or she's been playing in the dirt - and it's so vigorous that she knocks herself off the ground.

New Toy

Today I gave Lucy a new toy.  She did her usual with it: first, took it to her favorite spot in the house, the rug at the foot of our bed.  Then she ran into my office with it an vigorously shook it back and forth several times to ensure it was dead.  Good girl.

today

So we hear a bark in the other room - it's Lucy - having a major fight with my jeans on the floor.

So we hear some whining in the bathroom and I figure, hey, it's the water bowl we keep upstairs - it's empty.  But no, it was Lucy peering at the out-of-reach treats on the counter and wishing.  Yes, she got one.

And tonight she watched Jersey Shore with Auntie Jena while we were out.  Girls' night!!