We had a nice weekend.  Kat and Josh came down to visit and brought Melo so the girls could get some puppy love.  They commiserated with us over the loss of Artie and we retold all of our crazy dog stories which was fun.  Kat went with me to pick up Artie’s ashes which was hard.  But he’s home now at last.  Then,the girls and I went over to Al’s and bought a little dogwood tree and some day lilies that we planted in the backyard.  We are going to make a little stone marker too and bury him there under the tree.  I think he’d like that.

This week we are busy with zoo camp for the girls.  Leina is an old hand at it by now but this is the first summer that Kulia has been able to go.   Because they are both so close in age, I was able to get them together in the same age group so Leina can show her little sister the ropes.   Kulia was very quiet on the ride over to the zoo on Monday.  She spent the whole ride sucking her thumb and worrying Patches.  When I went to pick her up, however, she was bursting with energy and chatter and declared that it wasn’t scary at all!  Leina isn’t very happy about having her little sister tag along but this is the burden that all older sisters must bare.  I still remember trying to play 4-square on the school playground with Suzy holding onto my hand the entire time when we changed schools.  Us olders have such a cross to bear…..