To the corner and back

Yesterday I needed to take the dog on a walk to get both Gavin and Thumper out of the house to let Scott sleep. The plan was to take a quick 10 minute walk to the corner and pack. As we left our driveway Gavin began to splash in the puddles (we live at the bottom of a hill that always has water run off). Gavin then got down on his hands and knees and began to lap up the water, just as the dog does. GROSSSSSSSSS!!!!

I got him away from the water as quickly as possible. We headed down the street and one of our neighbors had their windows open and blasting blue grass music. Gavin ran for the house and got really excited. The CD was obviously a live recording and Gavin clapped along with the ending of the song. We continued on our walk, only to have Gavin run back to the house when the next song began. We did this for a good 15 minutes. He would run back to the house, do a cute little jig, clap, I would lead him away and when a new song would begin this process started all over again.

Finally he got bored with it and I showed him the seed pods on the road. I lifted one up and it blew in the wind as a helicopter would. Gavin giggled and asked for more. I repeated this several times and then the rest of our walk he would pick up a seed pod, throw it in the air and watch it twirl down.

Our quick little 10 minute walk ended up lasting a good hour. My back has killed since then, but it was well worth watching Gavin. (even the slirping up the road water)