Guest blog by Grandmom Subie

A ray of sunshine in snowy Oxford Ohio: Eddie is in town!  His vocabulary is growing daily, with one of his latest discoveries being "Help, please."  Since we all want to encourage such a polite boy, he gets whatever he wants when he says that!
Basic the dog seems to think Eddie needs protection.  When Eddie is closed in a room with his parents, noisily getting diaper changes or being comforted when over-tired, Basic alternately looks alertly at the door, whines, or otherwise tries to get grandparental attention: surely some kind of abuse is going on, and she wants us to go rescue the baby from these nefarious doings.  Basic is pretty sure these people (Kolya and Anne) are not to be trusted with such a sweet boy!
Eddie likes Basic, too.  He says "Drop!" in a way that Basic sometimes recognizes, so that she drops her toy, which Eddie then throws for her to fetch.  What a pair!