Time Flies and We're Having Fun: July 2009

Tuesday, July 21, 2009

Too Cool for her Pool

Or should I say, a pool to KEEP her cool??? :)

We keep Bailey outside during the day in a covered/shaded dog run in the back yard....has her dog house for her to crash out in, water bowls, she takes her chew bone out there every morning etc etc and she does really well with that setup. Well, it has been pretty WARM here in Houston lately, so we decided to get Bailey a hard plastic kiddie pool to put in there with her and fill it up.......she IS a lab after all...a water dog so to speak....so she should love it right?

Well it was quite funny when we got it and brought it home...filled it up and we tried to show her what to do. It took me getting in the pool, and taking her by her collar and lifting each paw into the pool and dragging her in there, a few times actually...till she got the hang of it. Which she finally did and she DOES like it! LOL!!! Except over every other trait she has...this dog is both a digger and a CHEWER....and I mean that big time!!! She has had the pool about 3-4 weeks now and Freddy came inside last nite and told me he filled it up.....but that it was leaking out...why? Cause silly Miss Bailey decided to chew a hole in the BOTTOM of the freakin thing? How the HELL did she manage that? SHEESH!!! crazy dog!! So, we let it drain out and are gonna duct tape the bottom of it and see if that holds...our luck we will come home to an empty pool once again tomorrow afternoon, and a dog that is gonna have silver poop in a day or two when the duct tape re-surfaces.....anyone willing to wager a bet on that one? Don't bet against it...you are pretty much bound to lose.....HA!!!

Daddy trying to coax her in without getting in himself

testing the waters....

one paw at a time.....

got the front in now.......what about the back?

ah ha! back was in, now the front is out!

TA DA!!! All the way in at last!

HOORAY!!! Good job Bailey girl!!

Doesnt she look proud of herself? :)

And I look over, and there is my curious son...fascinated and thrilled with the hole in the hose....sneaking a drink....tee hee!

Gotta love that boy......

4th of July

So this year, the Fourth of July weekend was FAR different than those in the past.......unfortunately Hurricane Ike took Bill's beach house (was actually his full time residence that he lost there) which is where the Salinas family used to converge upon every July 4th for a fantastic family weekend of fun and relaxing. So, since that was not an option this year.....we just hung out at home and decided to ask Liz and Aidan if they wanted to come over and hang out with us, since Ken was offshore at the time.

So they came over, we hung out and let the boys play in the pool in the yard for a bit, we BBQ'd and then waited to watch the Freedom Over Texas fireworks display on tv that happens in downtown Houston every year. which was FANTASTIC on our big screen tv in HD let me tell you what! And no crowds to fight and traffic to battle to see it either...and in the comfort of the AC at home....couldnt beat it...even if it wasnt nearly as great as fireworks on Bolivar watching from the deck of Bill's beach house....