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Every morning he doesn’t take the bus with them, my husband watches my oldest and youngest walk up the hill to the bus stop. So, I had to do the same one morning when he was out of town for business. The corgi loves to go out at the same time like she knows she\u2019s keeping them safe. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The difference in size between the 16 y\/o and 10 y\/o is hard to tell when it\u2019s so dark here.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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