Dog Food and Ketchup

I have said many times that there is never a dull moment in Cotterville.  If I sat down and blogged about every crazy thing that happened I would never leave my computer, thus giving my kids time to do more crazy things!  The only reason I'm able to blog right now is because one kid is at school, one is in bed, and the dog is outside.

So here's the story.  I will start with a little background info.

We got Emma from our local shelter about three weeks ago.  She was 8-weeks old we we got her.  About four days after bringing her home she started coughing.  It got progressively worse so we took her to the vet. They said that she had a cough and allergies and gave her some medicine to take.  I have been trying several different ways of giving it to her to trick her into taking it.  We've done cheese (which she stopped eating her real food only wanting the cheese).  We've tried just opening her mouth and throwing it in, and We've hidden it in her dog food.

Today I decided to do the latter.  We usually put a little water in her food just to soften it some.  I did this and then tucked the medicine down in there.  She ate just a little bit and left the food.  I decided to leave the bowl down so she could go back and finish later.

In the meantime, I have been fighting all morning trying to keep Isaac out of the kitchen.  Do you see where this is going yet?

After Isaac and I had lunch I sat down to do some work.  I was going back and forth between the kithch/dining room and the living room where I was.  No problem, or so I thought.  I got up to get him a refill of milk and when I passed the dog bowl I realized something didn't look right.  Upon closer inspection I found Emma's food bowl empty and her water bowl filled with....KETCHUP!

So I'm prying that Emma ate everything before Isaac got the ketchup out for her.  I understand his reasoning...everything taste better. with ketchup.  I"m just praying he didn't eat the food!

So what did I do?  I spanked Isaac and put him in bed for nap. (It's obvious that it was nap time!).  I put Emma outside and began cleaning up the mess.  It was while wiping ketchup off everything that I realized Emma's medicine was in the food.  A wave of fear came over me that Isaac had eaten it.  I went in and smelled his breath and all I could smell was ketchup. So....I'm praying that's all he ate!

Wow...what a day!  Oh and it's only 2:30!

They aren't as innocent as they look!