puppysitting=heaven for the burbidge kids

For the past several days we have been the proud puppysitters of Lola, who belongs to the Roberts family. My sister tells me I'm crazy (I think she put it more like, "What are you nuts? You're just asking for trouble.") Not because Lola is a bad dog or anything, but because it just makes my kids want one even more. A day into the adventure Coleman said to me, "This isn't so bad is it Mom?" I replied, "No, it's not bad." So he says, "Then why can't we have a dog?" Man, I knew that was coming and I let myself get sucked right into it!


Honestly, if I were inclined to have a dog (I should qualify this by saying that Lola is an inside dog and I've never been a fan of inside animals) I would take Lola. She is a great dog--smart, cute, well-trained, fun to play with, good with the kids, and she doesn't shed or stink too much. However, she's still a dog. Sorry kids, I just can't do it yet. Maybe an outside dog someday, but not yet.


I can't believe I even let her sleep on the bed! I didn't want her on my bed (I'm not that fond of her) but of course Claire wanted her on her bed. Coleman convinced Ellie to let him sleep there a couple of nights so he could have a turn with Lola too. They all love her a lot. They're sad that she has to go home tomorrow. We'll miss you Lola!

Oh ya, funny story about Lola---Yesterday we had her outside to play and I asked Garrett for a rope that I could tie her up with because she runs out of the yard the first chance she gets. Her leash is too short for her to run around, so I wanted something longer. He said she would just get tangled up in the rope. So he had the great idea to hook her leash to something too big to go under our fence. He found a large plastic dumptruck--lightweight enough for her to pull around, but too big to fit under the fence. I thought it was a brilliant plan. And it was--until the truck started CHASING Lola! She casually started trotting away when all of a sudden she realized that this thing was following her. So she tried to get away, but it just kept coming! And the faster she ran, the faster it chased her! Oh man, it was funny to watch. Garrett had to chase her down because she wasn't stopping. I felt bad for her because it really scared her, but man was it funny. Please don't call PETA on me.