What a wet weekend!

Did we ever have an exciting day today! Despite the fact that it's miserable outside and raining, we managed to have some fun.

Matthew had a good, long 2 hour nap this morning, so we decided to go to Chinook mall for a while. The highlight of the afternoon for Matthew was his very first ride on a merry-go-round! Of course, we were planning to get a picture, but our silly camera decided to crap out on us just as we were about to use it. Oh well, next time I guess.

So, Daddy stayed on the sidelines and Mommy and Matthew went on! When we first got on, we had to wait a few minutes as everybody loaded. I sat Matthew on a horse and held him and he thought this was pretty fun. We petted the horse and held its rein and then Matthew decided that he would rather sit on the black horse next to it, so we had to switch. Luckily, he didn't want to switch back because some other little boy had already claimed the white horse.

And then.... we started to go!!! You should have seen his face when he realized that the horse was going to move! He had that famous little smile that I love where he wants to have the hugest grin, but he's not sure if he is supposed to be as happy as he wants to be and so it comes out like a little smirk!

So, Matthew had a blast! Mommy was completely dizzy after the two minute ride in circles... I figured it had only been about 25 years since I'd been on one. Daddy also was completely dizzy from standing right beside it trying to wave at Matthew each time he went by! But like I said, Matthew had fun :O)

Then, just as we got home, we saw these two husky dogs running down our main street. The animal lover I am, I immediately ordered Darren out into the rain to see what was going on. The poor little dogs.. they came right over to him and wanted him to take them home. They were soaking wet and one had a very sore paw that he couldn't walk on.

So, we brought them to the step and called the city. They had tags thankfully. But, I couldn't just leave them on the step until their owner came, so we set out old shower curtains in our front hall, blocked off the entrance with our laundry hampers and made a small doggie shelter for them while they waited for their owner.

At first the city didn't want to give us the owner's info and only wanted to send the pound out (which could take forever since the city is about to flood (but that's another story)... so they eventually gave in and 2 hours later the owner came and got them and they were safe and sound.

What poor doggies.. they're owner was out for 4 hours looking for them! Apparently they dug their way under the fence in Copperfield, crossed the highway, went through muddy fields and ended up in Auburn Bay...