The Beaird Zoo http://beairds.com/blog Fri, 04 Feb 2011 16:19:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 A Missouri-style Snow Day http://beairds.com/blog/2011/02/04/a-missouri-style-snow-day/ http://beairds.com/blog/2011/02/04/a-missouri-style-snow-day/#comments Fri, 04 Feb 2011 16:19:51 +0000 Administrator http://beairds.com/blog/?p=734 A couple of weeks ago, we got our first snow.  Just a few inches that kept us out of school for a day and then before you know it, it was 70 again.  (I’ll talk about the “monster storm” later.)  It was really great because our kids are still geared up for Wisconsin weather and we have all the sleds and stuff to make a little snow big fun.  The new house has a great little hill on the side that is just big enough to pick up speed, but still small enough for the kids to drag their own sleds back up and start again.  They LOVED it!  Here are some of the pics:

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]]> http://beairds.com/blog/2011/01/16/learning-curve/feed/ 1 Walking the Dog UPDATED with pictures! http://beairds.com/blog/2011/01/05/walking-the-dog/ http://beairds.com/blog/2011/01/05/walking-the-dog/#comments Wed, 05 Jan 2011 10:00:31 +0000 Administrator http://beairds.com/blog/?p=714 Update:  Pictures added!

I have some great pics that I will post later, but I’m up at 3 am. . . so I thought I would blog!

Bear and Fish are champion dog-walkers!  Fisher takes Bluey on marathon walks around the    yard, into the bushes, next to the pond.  Sometimes I’m not sure if he’s walking or being  dragged, but he looks happy to go with the kids.  Bear comes home and takes him on the  ”street” walks.  Yesterday, he walked a mile or so to introduce Blue to his friends from the bus.    Boy lesson learned:  girls like boys with dogs.  He was pretty tickled that Bluey had all the  attention of FOUR girls.  I don’t know if he realized that he had that attention too.

Ramsey feels the same about Bluey as any other dog:  He really doesn’t trust him.  Ramsey  jumps from chair to table to chair like a spider monkey in order to avoid the dog nips.  He waves at the dog when he goes by, but has NO interest in actually being near him.

Maggie and Bluey are working through their sibling rivalry.   They are trying to figure out who’s the boss.  She walked him for a little while this afternoon.  He grabbed hold of the leash and the fight was on.  (I have great pics of this, so I will share later)

She was really patient with him for about 3 minutes.  This was the end of it.  You can’t totally tell from the still shot, but those are fists that she’s throwing straight down while she stomps those boots.  She had HAD IT!  Bluey was clueless.

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