I'm Back!!
Regular Posting has
Now Resumed.
Well, I never really left - I just spent
some quality time with Mom, attended to some clientary emergencies, and
generally listened to the time go "whooosh" as it sped past. Seriously, what
day is it?
We had a small
gathering at our house on Sunday, as we often do when our parents are in town.
Roxanne and John brought their not-quite-year-old Lana over, and we were
privileged to witness first-order cuteness. Lana, having never played with a
dog before, fell in love with Mac. She followed him with her eyes, no matter
who was holding her, pointing and emitting a fairly steady stream of "Da!"
(coupled with the pointing, it was clear she was saying "dog," but I have to
admit the actual noise was more "da!" Russian for "yes," infant for "dog.")
She finally came to roost on Rox's lap, where she merrily kicked her feet, said
"da!" and laughed as Mac sniffed her cautiously. The final cuteness was
committed when Lana offered a bit of her cereal snack to the dog. We're lucky
that the house didn't implode from John and me inhaling rapidly as this
happened. We have been working on Mac to get him to take treats gently from
human fingers ever since we got him three years ago, but nothing was certain
when he was presented an interesting morsel by a small child who was unclear on
the concept that giving food to a dog means your chubby fingers must release
their iron grip on the puffed
wheat.
It was a proud moment.*
Mac practically took the cereal with his lips. Lana, delighted with this,
shrieked with laughter and kicked her feet. The adult humans melted into a
happy puddle of goo. It is a good party when nobody has to go to the emergency
room.
*And one I was an
idiot not to even think of photographing.
Posted: Wednesday - April 27, 2005 at 07:50 AM
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