Another Big Day

A worry at the Hicks household the last day or two is what do to with Kinnick during the day.  Now most people would say - he is a dog, he will be fine, but we treat him like we do our kids (OK it is called spoiling them).  Yesterday our day care provider, who happens to love dogs, suggested she could keep him during the day.  So as of today we have three kids in day care - two human and one furry.  Dropping him off went very well, he was very excited (note tail wagging here) and running from child to child to sniff them.  Time will tell if this was a good move, but as of now I am at least not worried that he is by himself.

Addition to the Hicks Clan

Well we did it this weekend - we got a dog.  At the end of the day it is good for the kids to learn responsibility and the damn thing is cute.  There are so many great times I can remember with the dogs I had growing up (I grew up on a farm, come on we had a new one almost every year).  I hope to share those great memories with my kids (along with the chores of feeding and picking up poop).  It will be tough (last night's sleep, or lack of it, shows that) but in the long run will be a great move by the Hicks family.