A Girl and Her Dog

Landrie LOVES Snoopy! No surprise, but 2 instances lately have proved just how much this girl loves her dog.

A few weeks ago after church, Landrie was holding Snoopy's collar in the front yard while I went to find her leash. I heard Landrie say "Uh Oh" and looked down the street to see Snoopy several houses down. I dropped everything (but my cell phone) and started running up the street. As soon as I got close, Snoopy would take off running again.

Once I realized this wasn't going to be a quick rescue, I called Lamar to come pick me up so we could drive to find the dang the sweet dog. When Lamar went to get Landrie to come back outside, he heard her crying, "What have I done?"

We finally found Snoopy about 6 streets over in the older part of our neighborhood. I wish I had thought to record the conversation that Landrie and Karsyn had with Snoopy:

Karsyn: "Snoopy, you could have been hit by a car!" She's obviously heard this a few times before.

Landrie: In between sobs, "Snoopy, we don't run away from Mommy. That is very bad!"

Karsyn: "Landrie, why did you let go of Snoopy?!?"

We were laughing so hard we were crying!

Tonight, Justin got to experience the die hard devotion to Snoopy.

He came over for dinner and played with the girls while I ran to the store. I forgot to shut the garage when I left. It was about to rain, so he let Snoopy into the garage without looking to see if the door was shut first. Snoopy took off!

When I got home, Justin was driving up with Snoopy in the car. Landrie was still balling her eyes out while smiling and laughing at the same time. It took a good 15 minutes to get her to settle down.

As indifferent as I am about Snoopy, I realize that she is too special to Landrie to ever let anything happen to her.