Our very own fox and the hound

Last night Lucy, our bassett hound, was barking and wouldn't stop. I had already fussed at her one time and her barking was only getting louder so I looked outside and saw a fox standing in our driveway. Lucy has a wireless fence and the fox was just outside of where Lucy can go. It was like it knew it was safe and taunting poor Lucy. I watched for about 10 minutes as it sat there staring at Lucy. A few times it would walk a little closer and then back up or walk in the edge of the woods and dig in the ground. It didn't act scared at all. I started thinking what if it has rabies but it wasn't acting wild or anything, just curious. It finally walked off into the woods. Lucy continued to bark though for the next hour or so. She was very upset that this creature was in her yard. I'm glad you protect us Lucy but we also like to get a good nights sleep every once in a while. Bart, of course, snored through the whole thing. At least someone got some sleep.

Our Dentist Visit(s)

I took the boys to the dentist to have their teeth checked and cleaned. This was their 1st appt. (I know I waited a little late). It was a children's dentistry so I thought they would know how to make it fun and not so scary. The boys did great and I was very proud at how brave they were. Cale's teeth looked great but Ryan was not so lucky.

It turns out that apparently when they were developing, Cale got most of Ryan's enamel (sp?) and his back molars had no protection. We had to schedule 2 more appts. to get caps on his molars. Poor thing. We went back the following Monday for 2 caps. He had to take medicine when we got there to help him relax and boy did it work. He was playing w/ the train table in the waiting room and suddenly started stumbling. I held him in my lap to prevent injuries and within minutes it was like he had lost all muscle control. He could hardly hold his head up and he was talking a mile a minute. He wanted to get down and play but his poor little legs just wouldn't hold him up. It was hard not to laugh because he was so out of control. I was glad it relaxed him though. When the nurse came to get him he had no problem going with her and never even seemed to know I wasn't with him. He did great. The dentist was holding him when I went to get him and he was sniffling like he had been crying. She said he didn't like the feeling of his face being numb and I don't blame him. He slept all the way home and was very sleepy acting the rest of the day. The following Monday we had to go back for 2 more caps (it turns out they only had to do 1 cap and a filling). He didn't seem to mind going back at all and took it very well. He especially enjoyed his coupon for free french fries from McDonalds. That seemed to make the whole experience worthwhile. I'm proud of you buddy. You were very brave. I love your new beautiful silver teeth too. Let's just say I'm glad they are your back teeth.

The dentist says his permanent teeth should be fine and hopefully we won't have to do this again.

There is a "bug" in our house!

That is a bug that is making all of my children sick. It started Thursday morning when I heard Cale getting out of bed and running to the bathroom. He had stomach issues for mostly the rest of that day but by that evening seemed to be fine. Ryan woke me up about 3:30 Sunday morning with the same thing and Natalie's turn was last night about 2:00. The good news is they have all only thrown up 1 or 2 times and had upset stomach for a few hours after that and then seem to be fine. Bart and I are just waiting on our turn. Hurry up bug and go away!!!