Sofie the Kidnapped Spider

We were all in our back yard the other day, enjoying the sun shine and playing a little ball, when the golden lab puppy who lives just through the fence came to play. I guess there is a hole behind our shed that he can get through from his yard to ours. This dog loves to play with who ever he can find. My kids love him BUT are a little freaked out because of how excited this dog gets.

Well the puppy decides that he is going to have some fun and gets a hold of the tennis ball that Ryan and Ethan was using to play baseball with and takes off with it through the fence. We all thought this was funny but were trying to figure out what we were going to use to play ball with when the puppy appears again with the ball in his mouth and runs around with it. Clearly just wanting to play with someone.

This goes on for a little bit when Holly puts her stuffed spider, Sofie down to swing. The dog runs right over, grabs Sofie in his mouth and runs off behind the shed and through the hole in the fence. Thinking he was going to do the same thing with Sofie the spider that he did with the ball we wait for him to come back with her. We wait, and wait and Holly is starting to really get upset. Then the dog comes back but without Sofie at which point Holly freaks out. I look at Ryan and say you better go over and tell the people who live there 1) that the dog took off with Holly's stuffed spider and ask if we can get her back and 2) to see if they even know that the dog is getting out.
So Ryan says "oh alright" and gets Ethan to go with him. I stay in the yard with Holly and Mason and try to get Holly to calm down to no avail. Ryan returns a few minutes latter triumphant with Sofie in hand. Holly is so overjoyed she can't thank her Dad enough for "saving Sofie". A little girl is happy once again and so ends our tale of Sofie the kidnapped Spider.