This was our yard in Bloomington: Long and narrow, nothing interesting, patchy grass. You can't even imagine how excited the boys were to see our Louisiana yard. I actually think they thought it was like a park because they spent the first couple days marking every square inch. Now that it's "theirs" they're really having fun. It's L-shaped, so here's the bottom part of the L. Turn the
Wanna smell?
Perhaps that seems like an odd cue. But "Wanna smell?" has done wonders in helping Lucas and now Cooper overcome random fears. I think it works so well because it plays off their love of stink. Dogs are incredible smellers. In much the same way that we rely on sight to understand what's in front of us, dogs rely on scent. So I decided to harness that strength to help them learn about their
The Newt Plan: Introducing dogs and cats
Before we moved to Louisiana, I obsessed researched like crazy, read everything I could find, and talked to people with combined households about introducing dogs and cats. Emmett, Lucas, and Cooper had almost no experience with cats, and Newt had no experience with dogs. The one factor that I thought would work in our favor was that neither the dogs nor the cat were "resident animals" since we
Welcome to Louisiana!
Oh, hello there! I didn't see you behind this mountain of boxes! How are you? So if you were following along on Facebook or Instagram, you know we (finally) made it to Louisiana. It's been a whirlwind few days, though I finally feel like my head is above water. Once we get the internet set up throughout the house (right now it's a single hard line in the bedroom...), things will feel like
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