Day 13: Splashing Paws of Joy

This afternoon, as I tried to convince the kids to come out and enjoy the sunshine instead of playing hours of Minecraft on the computer, I went out with my puppy hoping to sit back and read for a bit.  As I sat down on the lounge chair and put my feet up, not many moments passed before I got back up again to take a picture of something cute my dog was doing.  Again and again getting distracted, I finally decided to play with her for a bit instead.  My son came out and we played catch as well as fetch with dog, then got out the hammock and soon decided to move and refill the puppy pool.  A bit over a month ago, we had filled up the kiddie pool, known at our house as the puppy pool, thinking our young Golden Retriever would absolutely love it.  Come to find out she was scared to go in or near it!  I have since hear from some others, that some puppies need to adjust, be shown that the water is okay and so today I decided to toss one of her favorite toys in the pool.  Sure enough, she cautiously walked in.  Once inside, she took a few drinks, got distracted by the patterns printed on the bottom of the pool and began pawing at them.  Watching her learn about water in this little pool was making me smile, laugh, it filled me with joy this afternoon.  Another unplanned moment brought me joy...maybe there is something to this enjoying the moment and not planning out all of our summer days.