Love between a kid and a dog

..there’s nothing quite like it!

Just as we finished dinner this evening, the doorbell rang.  Shasta and Quinn ran to the door, as always, totally assuming that the visitor was there for one reason and one reason only – to play with and love them.

In this case, they were absolutely right.

Brendan, our five year-old neighbor had come to bring Shasta and Quinn a birthday present!

This is what Brendan made for the dogs:

(“Hope your birthday is the best one you ever will have!!! Love, Brendan”)

I love that Shasta’s birthday greeting was a bit of an afterthought.  Those puppies get all the attention!)

Wrapped in paper that he decorated himself…

…was a tennis ball for Shasta and Quinn (to share, of course)!  Within two minutes the tennis ball had been loved this much:

And Brendan had been loved this much:

Thank you, Brendan!  With wet licks and kisses, Shasta and Quinn.