Kate's Boston Obsession

....an obsession, compulsion, addiction, or any other term for being absolutely focused on only one thing and needing it at all times. This has become Kate's world. Addicted to puppies. Yes, puppies. I'm not sure if she's just missing her own two while away from home or if this is a new phase, but while in Boston all she wants to look for, play with, talk about, or ask about is puppies. On Saturday morning before the conference started we took her to Boston Commons (think Central Park, but in Boston), to let her run around on some grass and get her kid legs back after a long day of plane travel on Friday. She wanted to do only one thing--find a puppy, run to the puppy regardless of distance, talk to the puppy, pet the puppy, and find another puppy to track down and start the cycle all over.

Luckily most of the dog owners were nice enough to oblige our cute little girl as she would run up to them asking "Puppy? Puppy? Puppy?" Since that stretch anytime we go anywhere in Boston, all she wants to do is point out puppies and try to pet them. Here is a series of pictures to represent one of these moments.

This is Kate and I moments after arriving in Boston Commons, taking a picture in front of a stature I confidently assured Amanda was Paul Revere--only for it to be George Washington. Old white guy on a horse; same difference. Besides George already has his likeness all over his own city. Can't Paul Revere get some love from the city he saved from the Red Coats? Anyway, this is me looking at the camera, while Kate has spotted and is now pointing at a dog across the park.


Kate now running toward the dog she spotted. All the while yelling, Puppy! Puppy! Puppy!


Kate still running after the puppy, but closing in on her target. Still yelling puppy.


Target acquired. "Hi puppy. Hi puppy. Hi puppy. Arf. Arf. Puppy. Puppy. Puppy? Puppy?" Okay, you get the gist.


After leaving this puppy, she gives us the sign language learned at school for "More," while saying "more, more, more." All while looking for her next target.