PSoTD

No, it's not very exciting or interesting, just experimenting with the process of loading and naming. Meet Maggie.

About a month ago we adopted a terrier mix dog named Maggie, who's just an adorable and sweet pet and companion. When I grew up we had a dog in our family, and as a young adult I had dogs for about 14 years, but we haven't had one since Cecilia was two - almost nine years.

I didn't realize how much I missed having a dog, but there was a bigger "missing" that I would not have known if we hadn't gotten a dog.

Because it has been SO cool to watch our kids as "mini-parents" the past month, as they adopt Maggie further and further into their hearts. They want to involve her in everything, they want to play with her and feed her and give her water and walk her (but not pick up her poop, of course). They take great pride in teaching her "new" things, and when she shows off her smarts by learning something.

Having a dog has changed the status quo around the house in nuanced ways. Whereas, the situation was that we took care of the kids and Cecilia watched after Carter in minimalist big sister style, now everyone has somebody to look after - Maggie. Everyone shares in responsibility of taking care of someone, and everyone appreciates the returned love you can feel only from someone you are taking care of. I didn't really see this part coming, not like this at least. And it's been the best part of the deal so far. I'm glad I didn't miss it.

I was doing a little research for our big family vacation in 2009, and found this interesting location in Wisconsin - a resort that uses frisbee golf as a big part of their attraction. They have a pro shop. They have a Disc Golf Hall of Fame!

I didn't realize there were enough people out there so into frisbee golf that they'd take a vacation for it, let alone that there were people well known enough in disc golf that there could even be a Hall of Fame.

I just thought it was interesting.