Fun with the Hose

Now that we've taken the time to plant such wonderful flowers,

(with the help of my mom and her amazing green thumb)

It brings on a whole new chore of watering the flowers.  

It wouldn't be so bad if we got some rain once in awhile. 

But since it hasn't rained in what feels like weeks, my evening routine is to put

Owen in the Bjorn and go outside to water the flowers before he goes to bed.

Last night Marley and Ryan came out to join us.  

Just for fun I took the hose and sprayed the ground close to where Marley was standing.

Being the brave dog that she is, she jumped a clear two feet out the way of the water. 

It made both Ryan and I laugh, so I did it again, and once more.

All of a sudden we heard this little giggle.  

I looked down and there was Owen laughing at Marley running away from the hose.  

Now let me preface this by saying that although Owen shared his first laugh with us a few

weeks ago, they have been harder to come by since then.

  

So you can imagine our surprise when we heard him giggling as we watched our 

crazy dog avoid the streams from the hose.

Could he really be understanding what was going on and finding it funny?

Or was it simply us both laughing that made him join in?

Either way, it was a very cute moment and a great end to the day.  

Marley, I know I haven't been very tolerant of you since Owen came along,

but I have a feeling you two are going to grow to be the best of friends.