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The Vacuum

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We've had Jett for 1 whole year.  What in the world were we thinking getting a 12 week old puppy?  And it wasn't even Justin's idea!  I had been thinking about getting a dog for months.  I would tell Justin, "please remind me why it's a terrible idea to get a puppy."  And then we would discuss all the negatives to getting a dog.  And then the next day I would go back to thinking about it!  I could NOT get it out of my head.  Weird.

Click HERE for a post shortly after getting Jett.

I would peruse craigslist looking at all sorts of listings for dogs.  I knew I wanted a dog that didn't shed.  One night I found a listing for a springerdoodle puppy.  It was a slightly blurry picture of a very black, fluffy puppy.  I was mainly interested because it was a few hundred dollars less than other "doodle" breeds.  I started texting the breeder and set up a time to just come look at the puppy.  That was a joke.  Ain't nobody able to hold a puppy and not want to take it home!

I have no idea why I felt such a strong impulse to complicate my already busy life and buy a puppy.  We had an almost 5 year old. (We bought Jett a week or so before Channing's birthday which is why he thinks of Jett as his dog.)  A 2 year old that still had weeks of difficult bowel struggles.  And a 9 month old baby.  But seeing how much the kids love him has made all the poop worth it.  Seriously, why does he poop so much?


The other day I was driving Channing home from TKD class (he's an orange belt now!) and he said, "should my velociraptor robot be powered by electricty, batteries, or solar power?"  This question made me laugh because that's a pretty well thought out question from a 5 year old.  Also Channing is still obsessed with robots.  He decided that solar power would be best but also have a battery as back up.  Oh that kid.

Celebrating at Chick Fil A after his orange belt test.  

Channing's kindergarten class. 
Earlier this week Mckenzie was sitting at the table eating a snack.  I was cleaning up the kitchen when I heard her say, "Oh thank you vacuum."  She was thanking Jett for eating her crumbs off the floor.


I took the kids shoe shopping and finally got Channing new shoes.  His old shoes were terrible looking but he refused to wear anything else.  These shoes had multiple holes and plastic poking out.  I took a picture of them just to remind myself how hard he plays and how quickly shoes get worn out.  I think it's safe to say we got our money's worth out of these.


It has been either raining or snowing here for a few days.  I'm glad the kids and I got to have some fun in the snow.  




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