Whoa....................

The last two days have been very eventful...First work for me, and Angie's school (what we call daycare)for Tuks, then yesterday I picked her up and we immediately took the dogs to the vet for their yearly vaccinations. Tuks was good as gold in
the exam room and helped in counting the number of shots each dog received. Plus, we talked about the dog's ear, spinal cord and knee joint using the models. She practiced cleaning dog ears with the cottonballs and Q-tips. The vet was so impressed with her behavior that he gave her a cookie. BUT then we went to check out, and Tuks started growling at the receptionist, so I immediately said "I will take the cookie away as quick as you just got it, if you keep that up" She then quickly said "I'm sorry". So I know she knows the behavior is wrong......Now I know this is rather typical toddler behavior, but I won't accept my children being disrespectful to adults...Again I have seen too much of that in my line of profession, I won't accept my kids being that way to others, she does not have to interact with strangers, but I do expect her to be polite. So we are still working on it.....with small improvements every time.

Then today after our school, we went to check the salamander traps..in 39 degree weather with 34 degree water(R - did you see this??). It was cold..and guess what, no salamander's. I have a feeling since the weather is taking a turn to the low temperatures and it is suppose to rain for the next 3 - 4 days, we won't catch a thing. Oh well, that is the way it is when working with wildlife. I think the salamanders are not moving yet since it is so cold. The state wildlife conservation employees are saying that everything is about 2 weeks behind schedule in regards to movement because of the colder weather we had this year.


This was her attire today for checking the traps.


So once we arrived home, we ate supper and she did her nightly antics.

Standing on the couch, moving to the edge, and then saying "whoa", then just catching herself from falling with her toes and arms.


Again, but I thought a neat angle to the picture.


She was practicing hopping on 1 leg. We watched Elmo's world tonight and one of the segments was hopping on 1 leg. She practiced for quite a while. Still not quite there, but definitely closer.


She finally decided enough hopping, and started tumbling.

And I guess her new saying is now "Don't touch" I think she picked it up from spending time with her cousin N on Sunday.