A boy and his pup

We took Sadie outside for the first time today; up until now she has been too small to go out in the chilly weather. However, it's gorgeous outside today and the temperature has warmed a little so we thought we'd take her out. The kids had a lot of fun with her -- especially Ethan. He absolutely loves this little dog! Normally he is afraid of dogs, which was one of the reasons behind getting one of our own, but he adores Sadie! He's constantly telling me, "She's so cute, huh?" :) It's a lot of fun watching him hold and play with her, and his fear of dogs has gotten much better. I'm really happy that he loves her so much!

While we were outside all three of them went straight for the big dirt mound that, thanks to the rain, has been turned into the big wet dirt mound. Sadie loved the great outdoors and the kids loved the wet dirt...

And, after all of that everyone got a bath...including Sadie (which she hates!):