you can ring my bell

for the last 24 hours we have been taking Tank to the back door and making him touch a bell before we take him out to go to the bathroom. it has been funny watching him try to figure out what we're asking him to do...he noses it one time, head butts it another and hits it with his paw the next time.
this morning as i was fixing my second cup of coffee (yup, it's a 2 cup kind of day as hazel woke up with a fever) i heard the bells ring. for a second i thought it was an odd sound and wondered which toy hazel was playing with, then it hit me...it's the potty bell! i dropped my spoon and ran to the back door. sure enough there was the dog waiting patiently. i opened the door and he went potty (i'd show you a picture but...my camera is broken...have i mentioned that? birthday). it was a good feeling to see the fruits of our 24 hour labors.

last night we took the kids to the triple door to see Rosie Thomas play. hazel loves her new CD, i think i've mentioned that before. we didn't tell her what we were doing, just told her we were going somewhere special to see something special. when she figured it out she seemed pleasantly surprised. Rosie came over to say hello and gave hazel a teddy bear.
we stayed for the whole show which was good because she sang the last song (which was hazel's favorite) and thanked hazel for coming. hazel lit up and acted as though the very verbalizing of her name from the stage made her famous.
it was a good night.