Saturday, December 19, 2009

Our newest additon...I don't know how I agreed to this.

Ok so we got this dog last night, he is a black lab that we got from a fantastic breeder in Salem. We named him Dagger and we have him mainly for Jayden. We all have best friends but Jayden doesn't. Brandon thought it would be a good idea for us to get Jayden a best friend.
 
We have heard that Labs are the best family dogs and that they can be very therapeutic for kids like Jayden. Brandon and Jayden are going to be working together to train Dagger to also be a hunting dog. Our hope is that Jayden will be more active because of training him and walking him.
 
So last night when we got home the first item of business was to give him a good bath. Brandon had agreed to do this until he got a page of a car on fire. He took off and left me to give the bath. It was fine but I learned later that people shampoo will dull his coat and dry out his skin. Who knew? So we need to get puppy shampoo.
 
He will be living in Jaydens room with him and thats where he slept last night, on the bed next to Jayden. It went well I thought. He didn't really cry and he stayed dry all night. This morning however he peed and pooped in the house. Well what can you do, he is only 6 wks old you know. The kids have been working with him this morning and he has gone a couple more times outside so thats good news.
 
So wish us luck and especially me on our new adventure.
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Aubrey performing her Christmas concert at School.

Aubrey loves to sing and so she wanted to be in the school Christmas choir this year again. They performed songs like the Grinch, I saw Mommy kissing Santa Claus, Peppermint stick and Silent Night. They all did great.
 
 
 
 
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Aubrey giving her country report on Jamaica

 
She had too look the part right?
She did a great job at memorizing a bunch of the fruits and what they taste and feel like.
 
We served the kids rice and peas too. They liked it a lot.
 
Brandon worked hard on this report and I was so glad he agreed to help her. Yay Brandon and Aubrey.
 
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