Beginner Gardening: Oh no, tell me this isn't oleander?!, 1 by growingup

growingup wrote:
When we first moved into our house in March, here in Tucson, AZ everything in the yard was dead. There were these 4 bushes out back that looked like tumbleweeds. I seriously thought they were. When I turned on my drip system, I noticed greenery coming out from under the brown dead leaves. I worked really hard taking out and cutting back everything dead. Now I have 4 very healthy looking bushes and the real surprise came these past 2 weeks when they bloomed! It is hard to grow things out here in AZ and these seem to flourish on little to no water or maintanance. However, they do look a lot like oleander. I have 2 small kids and a dog. Now, I'm afraid I'll need to rip them out. Are these in fact, oleander? Would you keep them around with small kids and a dog?