That'll do, Dog.

This is how our day began... a full-on brawl over the vacuum. All I could think about is how much longer these two would FIGHT to do chores. Wouldn't it be so great if they were like this all their life (without all the screaming and hitting, of course.)?

Then I started thinking their fighting must be my fault! Maybe if I vacuumed more, it wouldn't be such a 'special occasion'! Anyway, I went on with the rest of my day, thinking about my cute little helpers and how happy I am they love to help their mom. With a smile on my face I vacuumed, swept, mopped (in some places 3 times!) and dusted. The house looked pretty dang good, if I do say so myself. So with a pat on my own back I decided to take a break from the grind and do some Digital Scrapbooking of my sweet little vacuumers, whom I couldn't stop thinking about. I was on the computer for no more than 15 minutes when Charlie, the dog, came downstairs. I was a little suprised because the dog is not allowed downstairs and he knows that... if there is one thing we have sucessfully traind our dog to do, it is to stay upstairs. So I grabbed him and ran him up to his kenel (time out). Little did I know, Charlie was trying to tattle to me about what my little boys were up to. When I reached the top of the stairs, I saw a HUGEMONGOUS mess... Dog food from the laundryroom, through the kitchen, through the familyroom and down the hall to the bedrooms.

With tears and some yelling, I started sweeping up the mess. After a minute, I decided to get my camera. I'll want to remember this in 14 years... right? I was shaking so much, I only got a couple pics. You can't really see the teeny doggie bits in the second one, but just know they're there...they're EVERYWHERE! I think/hope we've cleaned them all up, but they're so small, I'm sure it will be a week or two before Charlie has found them all.

OH! And the stinkers trashed the DVDs, too. These boys might be grounded for the rest of their lives... I don't know yet. I'm still too caught-up in the fury to tell if I'm thinking straight.

I would like to give a shout-out to Charlie... you may be small, stinky, and have those gross eye-boogers, but you saved the day today. Who knows what those two little boys would have done if they had had another 5 minutes to themselves! You're pretty much LASSIE to me now.

Thanks, Charlie.

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