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For weeks Lola has been in training. Each morning she wakes up and does a few sprints across the house. She then proceeds to run two laps around the backyard fence. She stops to sniff every 14.2 feet, ensuring her nose is in prime working condition. She measures the sounds with her precision ears –…

You know that moment you get a cute little puppy and bring her home? You’re so excited and every single thing they do is adorable? Then they snuggle you and your heart just explodes with love? That is the moment you must hold on to for dear life. Even though you will grow to love…

I’m not sure if you noticed, but I almost fell off the face of the Earth last week. I was visiting with my sister-in-law and nephew, Derek, who is an entire year older than the nieces who visited in June. A year makes a huge difference – to me and to Lola. While I enjoyed…

My 2 and 4-year-old nieces recently came to visit and they stayed with me while their parents were at a hotel down the road. Lola hasn’t seen Littles since I closed my daycare almost two years ago, but I had a sneaking suspicion that things were not going to go as planned from day one.…

Well, she’s done. After painstaking hours, upon hours, upon hours, I have finally created a cartoon Lola that perfectly reflects her endearing personality with a touch of rascal mixed in for even greater lovability. Or as the Hubster sees it, a cute face with the heart of a terrorist; we either give in to her or…

Every so often, Hubster talks about wanting to get Lola a sibling. He has his hopes set on a French Bulldog that Lola can show the ropes to. He has this delusion that Lola will teach it to go potty outside, not chew any furniture, and only bark if someone comes to the door. I…

You need to say that title like Arnold Schwarzenegger said “it’s not a tumor” in the movie Kindergarten Cop. We recently put up a new fence in our backyard and Lola is still having trouble adjusting to it. When we first installed it, Lola was completely intimidated by the fact that it’s taller than the…

Lola and I took a few days off social media this week in order to lay around the house like fat kids and pretend the country wasn’t going election crazy. The fence around our property is being replaced so there was a bunch of machinery here making noise and it traumatized us both into missing our daily…

You know that life changing moment as a parent when you step on a Lego and your life flashes before your eyes? You end up hopping on one foot and cursing, before finally collapsing on the floor. As you curl up in the fetal position, holding your bleeding appendage, you decide that you will throw…

For several days now I’ve been on social media talking about how Lola has apparently entered the matrix and is using it to move around. She’s really freaking me out! I was sitting in my office, writing a blog obviously, and Lola was at my feet chewing on her toy. I could hear her, see…