Puppy love

I have said so many times that e digs just tolerate Callie but don't really love her, but I think I'm wrong. She definitely annoys them and can be overbearing and too rough but they still love her. LT lays outside her door at night while I put her to bed and comes with me first thing in the morning together her o of bed. She gets so excited to see him in he morning and is always asking aboutManny too. Manny is always more interested in food so he doesn't leave the kitchen until he has been fed.

Well today both dogs were laying in the sunshine that was shining through the deck door. It was a rainy morning and the sun was probably very warm compared to outside or the floor anywhere else. Callie went over to see them all loud and crazy like usual. I reminded her to be gentle and nice and so she said hug? Well how do you say no to that? A hug is gentle and nice so I said ok. LT just laid there and let her hug him and lay on him and never even moved. It was pretty incredible because he usually gets all jumpy and runs away before she could even get her hands around him. She did a good job being gentle and nice too. Look at those buddies, just warms my heart.

Also in our eventful day we made egg free French toast for the first time and it was surprisingly good. Callie loved it and ate 2 whole pieces. She loves cooking anything really and here she is again sitting on the counter helping with breakfast. She also made dessert for us tonight, coconut bars with chocolate topping. She loved helping but was eating along e way and made a BIG mess with the coconut everywhere. It took me longer to clean up the mess than make them. I try to remind myself it's not about the time things take but the fun and lessons learned. Speaking of lessons learned, Callie had her first real lesson today.i told her she was naughty, explained exactly what she did wrong, made her apologize and then made her clean up the mess. I left her with markers in the living room while I was at the sink washing dishes. I thought she was drawing on paper but I eventually saw she colored he top of the coffee table and the tray to her highchair with a purple marker A LOT! She really seemed to understand she wasn't to color there and said sorry and cleaned it all up. I did a good job (for once) not yelling or getting mad. I was perfectly calm when I explained why that was naughty and why we don't do that as well as explaining why she had to clean it up. Luckily it was a washable marker and it cleaned up very well.

Besides that she wanted to carry her backpack around today and kept talking about school. I really need to figure out the sole preschool thing soon as its so crowded their are often wait lists here in SD.

Tonight we brought dinner to Tio and Jeana's new house since I still hadn't seen it with all the renovations. Callie was so confused when we told her we were going to Tio's house. She kept saying mama house? I kept telling her it was a new house for Tio and Jeana but it didn't sink in until we got there. She loved running and exploring their new house and just being silly. We had a great time visiting them and seeing their new house. It will be even more fun when we have 3 little ones running around there!