Fetch

We had a dog for a while, she was a black lab and we took her in when my sister moved and they were unable to take the dog with them.  She was an outdoor dog, and we had to keep her tied up.  When I would let her loose she would go crazy and want to play.  We no longer have her.  We gave her to my parents (who live on a farm), the spring after Luke was born.  We didn’t have the time to play with her as we should, and now she has so much more room to play and run.  She seems very happy in her new home. 

I tell you all this because recently I have felt like we have a dog again, in a way.  Now I am not saying my children are dogs….they are not.  But, one of the games my husband has been playing with them lately is like the classic game of “fetch” that we used to play with our dog.

My husband has been trying to get Luke to do this for years, and usually Luke just looks at the ball and then looks at his daddy like there is no way he is playing this game.  Now with our baby girl, my husband has taught her to play “fetch”.  Yes….I said “fetch”. 

I was gone last Friday so that I could go to the Hearts at Home conference.  My husband took the day off to stay home with the kids.  Obviously they had a lot of fun, because on Saturday morning my husband said, “watch this.”  Sure enough, he threw the football across the room and our baby girl would go get it and then bring it back to her daddy.  I couldn’t believe it, I thought I was having flashbacks for a minute.  Surely my husband didn’t teach our baby girl to “fetch”!  But, she did this several times….so I soon realized I was not imagining things. 

Luke just sat and watched and waved his arm, signing “go”.  Of course, Luke also found this extremely funny.  So when daddy threw the football and his sister went after it, he laughed. 

Oh…what is a mother supposed to do?!