the boys and i walked to the pond in our neighborhood and fed the turtles/fish/ducks.
doesn't it just look so peaceful and sweet??
ha!
i canNOT look at these pictures without busting out laughing.
we were standing there, enjoying ourselves, and then, all of a sudden 2 dogs run onto that deck thing we were standing on. no people, no leashes. just 2 dogs (decent sized ones!)
my older kids are ok with dogs (now, they used to be scared.) but these little boys?? not so much.
i kept them calm for about .5 seconds..."it's ok. they are just saying hi. you guys are fine."
and then they lost it. they both went running (i picked levi up) in 2 different directions off the deck and running in circles. of course the dogs followed them, thinking they were playing. they are screaming, crying...
i finally get lincoln and sawyer to come to me and kind of get all 3 of them in my arms as i'm squatting and THEN the 2 owners of the dogs show up. they are all, "we wondered where the dogs went!" one was very apologetic. the other was super annoyed that my boys were scared, "they are just puppies! they aren't going to hurt them!" um. THEY don't know that!
anyways...we all lived. the boys WERE very scared and wanted to go straight home. i felt bad for them.
but now, a few days later, it's hysterical to think about the scene... :-)
2 comments:
We had a similar situation only a few months after we brought Isaiah and Laila home, but all of my kids were scared. They were terrified of dogs. It was so frustrating to be in a public place where they are supposed to be on leashes. As if we aren't already noticed enough, we were quite the scene that day for sure!
All three of my kids still react this same way to dogs. And dog owners always try to reassure them, but even though they may not need to be scared, my kids still get scared, especially if the dog gets too close. Feel for you grabbing up all three boys at once!
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