Rooney's Caterpillar

At our social gathering yesterday afternoon, the most adorable guest was clearly little Rooney, pictured here with his mom Michelle. When Michelle brought in Rooney's bag of toys, I warned her that Celtic is notorious for stealing children's playthings, especially little stuffed ones. Almost every time our nephews have come to visit, a few days later we've found a trinket of some sort tucked away in some secluded corner of the house. Soon after I warned Michelle that Celtic was a klepto, he comes sneaking up the stairs with a little stuffed animal in his mouth. Since my hands were full at the time, I made a mental note to go looking for the toy later, and then went about my business.

A few minutes later, our guests went outside to play basketball, and Celtic and Hope went along. Chad looked up to see Celtic digging in a mulch pile and went to investigate. He began to flatten out the mound of mulch Celtic had created, and much to his surprise, there was a stuffed caterpillar hidden below:


Michelle was a very gracious guest and said that Celtic could keep the toy since he seemed to love it much more than Rooney did. Maybe we should seek canine kleptomania counseling. :)