Jane, Guinness and Murphy's Blog – September 2011 Archive (3)

I belong to a family comprised of "die hard" Red Sox fans.  This time of year is very stressful for many of my family members.....especially my DH and DS.  I know nothing about major league baseball, but the Sox seem to have a way of playing with the emotional well-being of my family every year at this time.  We took the boys out for a little B-Ball practice today.....we want to be ready in case they're "called up" to bail out the Sox.  Muprh is a pretty darn good athlete..and he knows it. …

I think that everyone knows that we've never considered Murphy to be the sharpest knife in the drawer.  He's always been a "slow learner".  That's okay, because he's a goofy, affectionate, and very sweet boy who loves his Mama like crazy.  At least 10 times a day I just shake my head and say "Murph, Murph, Murph, why did you do that?".  He just gives me his "naughty boy" look and I end up laughing.  Well over the past couple of days we've started to think that our Murphy may be way smarter…

Today the boys went to Daycare for the first time in weeks.  I haven't been sending them because they've been getting plenty of exercise this Summer, but today DH and I had plans  so we decided it would be a good day for them to go.  We stayed for a while after dropping them off and watched on camera.  It was really pretty interesting.  They got there mid morning, so most of the other dogs were already there.  They all seem to know when there's a new dog coming in....I suppose they hear the…