Ester Loves Babies and Dogs

Ester doesn’t get to visit with

Bill and Kayla’s kids all

too often.

She is their second cousin

once removed on

mine and Kayla’s side. 

They are seventh cousins

on Tony and Bill’s side. 

Ester will always sit with

the adult closest to

the one holding B.J.

Ester Loves looking at

this little human who

is smaller than her

(though that’s bound to

change within the next

two to four years I think; 

Ester’s small)

Randy and Carrie have

a dog. 

They did not name him

Iron Chops,

but that is what I

call him. 

Even though he is

still a puppy,

he is three times

bigger than Ester

and oblivious at

knocking over anybody or

stepping on body parts. 

Ester likes to watch him from

a distance –

tightly secured in

someone’s lap and not

anywhere near the

same floor that

Iron Chops occupies with

his very long body.

Highness is our dog

Ester Loves him.

Highness is old

and slow

and Ester can

keep up with him.

 

Highness moves to

get away from Ester as

she follows with her

hand raised in the air

ready to pet him.

He goes under the

table and Ester follows with

no problem. 

Highness looks to each adult

waiting to be rescued from

this almost-three-year-old who

is quite tame compared to

Iron Chops who

tortures Highness far more

than Ester ever does.

At the end of the night

when Tony and Rochelle have

said their good-byes and

Ester has kissed everyone,

she bends down toward 

Highness and whispers loudly 

in his ear.

“Don’t cry,” she says. 

“Don’t cry, Highness”

She Loves Highness. 

She only tolerates

Iron Chops.  But

someday she may

love him as much or

maybe even more

than Highness. 

Right now she sees

Iron Chops as a big

scary dog. 

There is nothing

scary about Highness. 

He is a very

well -mannered dog.

Ester Loves babies and dogs

                                                                                                 kfralc