So here is what's going on lately.......
Maggie is obsessed with losing a tooth. She mentions every night how her bottom tooth feels loose to her. I tried wiggling it and I don't feel a thing. She is hoping by the time she is 6 she will lose one. Me too so that we can have a DIFFERENT conversation.
Abbie has a cold and randomly wakes in the middle of the night to ask for a drink of water or a Kleenex. While I get that she is uncomfortable and all, most DAYS she wipes her nose on her sleeve, so why can't she do that in the middle of the night?
Sophie's new favorite game is to dig up frozen poo in the backyard and then FLING it in the air like a toy. Poo flinging, the best new puppy game around!
Wriggles is grumpy. Not much more to say.
Gracie's favorite new game is to scare the crap out of Sophie. Yeah our 12 pound cat freaks out our 26 pound dog. Maybe someday they will like each other (but I doubt it).
Me? Well I have shoveled and used the snow blower more times this week than I have in the last few years. It's good exercise but then for the rest of the day all I can smell is gasoline. Even after showering and changing clothes. Ick!
Sean is Sean. Happy that he doesn't have to clear the driveway when he gets home!
That's about it.
Oh! Maggie read us a library book over the last two nights! Nothing epic or anything. I think the title was "Barbie's Rainy Day" or something like that. She is getting better at sounding out words but gets stuck on the silent "e" and when a C sounds like an S. Now if I could only get her to stop saying she hates school (even though she loves it) I would be a bit happier.
Happy weekend!
Friday, February 8, 2013
Thursday, January 31, 2013
Sophie - month 1
Sophie has now been with us one whole month! She has gained a few pounds and is a healthy little pup.
I still can't believe that Sean gave in so easily when I decided so very quickly that we were going to adopt her. Can I just say that Sophie is all about "protecting" Sean from the big bad cats that live with us! Actually I think it is more jealousy that SHE isn't getting all of the attention but she loves her new daddy so much!
She is doing great at the housebreaking (potty training?) and has very few accidents. Usually she only has an accident when we have lost track of time and then take our eyes off of her. Lately she has even gone by the back door and whined when she needs to go out so I think we are really almost there! She had a huge test today when I had to go to a meeting and left her alone in her crate for 7 hours. I was sure I would come home to a messy bed but she was perfectly fine!
Sophie has learned our schedule too! She knows when I need to get the girls ready for school and puts herself in her crate. She also knows when I have to leave to get the girls and again, goes right in before I even have to tell her!
Luckily she has lost most of her baby teeth so the chewing on random items is not too bad, though I did take my eyes off of her for ten minutes the other day and she totally decimated one of my chair cushions!
Do you like how she even sat still for the picture?
Maybe she was trying to tell me to change the decor?
Earlier this week she must have drank some nasty water out of the girls' sandbox when we had a few days of rain because she had a little bit of tummy issues. Let's just say that this has messed up her schedule when it comes to pooping (there is no nice way to say it - sorry!). Instead of her nice 6am and 6pm takin' care of business schedule, she is now on more of a 2am and 2pm schedule. This will need to be rectified quickly because hearing her start crying at 2am is NO FUN!
I mentioned the cats earlier - well that has been an adventure. Wrigley has no problem what so every giving Sophie a smack to the face (or several if need be), but Gracie still spends most of her time on the stairs (which are secure due to baby gates). Sophie is terrified of Gracie but that doesn't stop her from chasing Gracie through the house when she does decide to make an appearance.
Puppy classes are going well, though Sophie HATES car rides. We basically have to carry her out to the garage because she simply will not walk out by herself when she knows she is going somewhere.
I will say that I questioned my decision to get a dog about one week in but since then it really has gone well! She is a sweetie and the girls just love her. Abbie asks every morning if Sophie is downstairs and she never likes to see her in her crate. At least once a day Abbie proclaims "don't eat my sister!" when Sophie gets a little excited. Makes me laugh!
I think our family is complete now (and have been told as much by Sean) and I pretty much agree. Sophie was the perfect addition!
She is doing great at the housebreaking (potty training?) and has very few accidents. Usually she only has an accident when we have lost track of time and then take our eyes off of her. Lately she has even gone by the back door and whined when she needs to go out so I think we are really almost there! She had a huge test today when I had to go to a meeting and left her alone in her crate for 7 hours. I was sure I would come home to a messy bed but she was perfectly fine!
Sophie has learned our schedule too! She knows when I need to get the girls ready for school and puts herself in her crate. She also knows when I have to leave to get the girls and again, goes right in before I even have to tell her!
Luckily she has lost most of her baby teeth so the chewing on random items is not too bad, though I did take my eyes off of her for ten minutes the other day and she totally decimated one of my chair cushions!
Do you like how she even sat still for the picture?
Maybe she was trying to tell me to change the decor?
Earlier this week she must have drank some nasty water out of the girls' sandbox when we had a few days of rain because she had a little bit of tummy issues. Let's just say that this has messed up her schedule when it comes to pooping (there is no nice way to say it - sorry!). Instead of her nice 6am and 6pm takin' care of business schedule, she is now on more of a 2am and 2pm schedule. This will need to be rectified quickly because hearing her start crying at 2am is NO FUN!
I mentioned the cats earlier - well that has been an adventure. Wrigley has no problem what so every giving Sophie a smack to the face (or several if need be), but Gracie still spends most of her time on the stairs (which are secure due to baby gates). Sophie is terrified of Gracie but that doesn't stop her from chasing Gracie through the house when she does decide to make an appearance.
Puppy classes are going well, though Sophie HATES car rides. We basically have to carry her out to the garage because she simply will not walk out by herself when she knows she is going somewhere.
I will say that I questioned my decision to get a dog about one week in but since then it really has gone well! She is a sweetie and the girls just love her. Abbie asks every morning if Sophie is downstairs and she never likes to see her in her crate. At least once a day Abbie proclaims "don't eat my sister!" when Sophie gets a little excited. Makes me laugh!
I think our family is complete now (and have been told as much by Sean) and I pretty much agree. Sophie was the perfect addition!
Saturday, January 12, 2013
Christmas Part 2
Ok so I have been a little busy house training Sophie, trying to convince Abbie to start potty training again and you know - life! So here is a quick wrap up of our Christmas festivities.
After our whirlwind two days of visiting two families we had Christmas Eve to get some important things done.
We went outside to spread our reindeer food so that Santa's reindeer would know to stop at our house (I guess the glitter is a big hint to STOP HERE!)
It was a bit harder then it looked to get all the food out of the bag!
I am not sure our Christmas Flamingo is enjoying the 15 inches of snow we got!
Then we decorated some cookies for Santa.
Then we had to do the most important thing! Write our last minute letter to Santa!! Maggie wanted to be sure
I am not sure I know what the letter actually says except for the reference to "glass slippers".
We put out the cookies, milk and carrot for our late night visitors and then it was off to bed!
Abbie was already asleep by this point so she missed this tradition.
Once Maggie was in bed the REAL flurry of activity began! Grindl came for her last visit of the season and was ALL OVER the house!
And where is Grindl sitting in that last picture? Why the new luxurious bed that is in the bedroom of Maggie's NEW DOLLHOUSE!
Christmas morning was it's usual blur of wrapping paper flying - girls screaming with glee and out and out mayhem - but it was fun!
The girls loved their presents from Santa and waited a good 20 minutes or so before fighting over one of the new toys! And to close out Christmas - one of my favorite pictures of the girls together!
The girls are ready to FLY into the new year!!!
After our whirlwind two days of visiting two families we had Christmas Eve to get some important things done.
We went outside to spread our reindeer food so that Santa's reindeer would know to stop at our house (I guess the glitter is a big hint to STOP HERE!)
Then we decorated some cookies for Santa.
We put out the cookies, milk and carrot for our late night visitors and then it was off to bed!
Once Maggie was in bed the REAL flurry of activity began! Grindl came for her last visit of the season and was ALL OVER the house!
Monday, December 31, 2012
Princess Sophie
We interrupt this semi-weekly blogging to update everyone on the newest member of our family. I would like to introduce Princess Sophie......
Age: 4 1/2 months old
Weight: approximately 20 lbs
Breed: Retriever mix
Place of birth - Kentucky
After obsessing over possibly getting a dog and then deciding to wait until the spring, Sean made the mistake of allowing me to go to the animal shelter just "to look" at the dogs they had. We had seen a picture of Sophie and I just had to see her in person.
She did not disappoint!
I knew I wanted a dog that liked kids and cats - other than that I was pretty open. Well this little sweetie sat oh so patiently while the girls screamed and ran around the little 10x8 room we were put in at the shelter. She wagged her tail, let the girls pet her and basically was just so relaxed!
We spent about 30 minutes playing with her before leaving. YES WE ACTUALLY LEFT HER THERE! We got approximately 1 mile down the road before I was searching our GPS for the closest pet store so that we could buy a crate and take her home. An hour later she was all ours!! If we had waited another 10 minutes she would be "at home" with some other family now as there were people stalking her as we waited for the adoption to happen.
I would love to say that the cats have welcomed her with open paws, but we are still working on that. Wrigley will walk up to her every half hour or so to check her out - but Gracie has pretty much steered clear after the first encounter. They are actually doing much better than I expected though so that is a plus!!
Now we get to potty train her! We have had two successful trips outside so far! I know NOTHING about training a dog so it should be interesting! Plus I broke my own rule of having more than one living thing in the house not potty trained at one time. Guess Abbie and Sophie will be going through potty training boot camp together!
Welcome to the family Sophie! We love you already!
Age: 4 1/2 months old
Weight: approximately 20 lbs
Breed: Retriever mix
Place of birth - Kentucky
She did not disappoint!
We spent about 30 minutes playing with her before leaving. YES WE ACTUALLY LEFT HER THERE! We got approximately 1 mile down the road before I was searching our GPS for the closest pet store so that we could buy a crate and take her home. An hour later she was all ours!! If we had waited another 10 minutes she would be "at home" with some other family now as there were people stalking her as we waited for the adoption to happen.
I would love to say that the cats have welcomed her with open paws, but we are still working on that. Wrigley will walk up to her every half hour or so to check her out - but Gracie has pretty much steered clear after the first encounter. They are actually doing much better than I expected though so that is a plus!!
Now we get to potty train her! We have had two successful trips outside so far! I know NOTHING about training a dog so it should be interesting! Plus I broke my own rule of having more than one living thing in the house not potty trained at one time. Guess Abbie and Sophie will be going through potty training boot camp together!
Welcome to the family Sophie! We love you already!
Thursday, December 27, 2012
Christmas 2012 Part 1
What a super busy holiday season we had! I think I will have to split up the last week into 2 posts because we jammed a lot into a few short days!
So Christmas "Break" started a little early on Thursday with a snow storm that turned into a blizzard. We ended up with a whopping 15 inches of snow, icy roads and some pretty big snow drifts. The snow days on Thursday and Friday meant that Maggie didn't get to have pajama day at school (which I swear is her most favorite day of the year) nor did she get to give her teachers their Christmas presents.
The storm also meant that Sean couldn't get to work either day - not for lack of trying though. He spent a good 30 minutes or so getting a whopping few miles from our house, getting stuck, turning around to come back home, getting stuck again and finally making it back - all before 5:30am!!
Luckily everything cleared up by Saturday so that we could drive down to Illinois to visit Nama and Papa!!
The visit meant that they got Christmas presents early! We had to constantly convince Abbie to actually open her gifts - but they had so much fun!
Both girls got Leap Pads - which YEAH Nama and Papa for knowing that as soon as Maggie got one that Abbie would want one too!
Abbie spent some time reading up on her new Princess Little People!
I will just say the highlight of our trip down (besides spending time with Sean's parents because that just goes without saying!) was the fact that we got to eat Portillo's cheesy beefs and cheese fries for lunch AND for crispy thin crust pizza for dinner!! Two foods that you just can't get up here in cheeseland (not good authentic ones anyway)!
After a minimal nights sleep (I think Maggie was up the latest she has ever been!) we all loaded up the car and headed over to my brother's house for a second Christmas in as many days.
Maggie and Abbie got to see their cousins, meet my brother's dog Willy and generally behave like goofballs!
I didn't really take too many pictures at my brothers - not sure why but at least I got one good one of all the cousins together.
Everyone had a great time. Abbie survived no nap and lots of running around with only one meltdown and we all got to visit with each other. It was funny seeing the girls pass out in the car on our drive home. Abbie lasted about 9 minutes before falling asleep and Maggie lasted 11 minutes!
And yes I did dress the girls the same 2 days in a row. They like it and Abbie actually will throw a fit if I don't put her in same clothes as Maggie!
Two Christmas celebrations down and one more to go!!!
So Christmas "Break" started a little early on Thursday with a snow storm that turned into a blizzard. We ended up with a whopping 15 inches of snow, icy roads and some pretty big snow drifts. The snow days on Thursday and Friday meant that Maggie didn't get to have pajama day at school (which I swear is her most favorite day of the year) nor did she get to give her teachers their Christmas presents.
The storm also meant that Sean couldn't get to work either day - not for lack of trying though. He spent a good 30 minutes or so getting a whopping few miles from our house, getting stuck, turning around to come back home, getting stuck again and finally making it back - all before 5:30am!!
Luckily everything cleared up by Saturday so that we could drive down to Illinois to visit Nama and Papa!!
I will just say the highlight of our trip down (besides spending time with Sean's parents because that just goes without saying!) was the fact that we got to eat Portillo's cheesy beefs and cheese fries for lunch AND for crispy thin crust pizza for dinner!! Two foods that you just can't get up here in cheeseland (not good authentic ones anyway)!
After a minimal nights sleep (I think Maggie was up the latest she has ever been!) we all loaded up the car and headed over to my brother's house for a second Christmas in as many days.
Maggie and Abbie got to see their cousins, meet my brother's dog Willy and generally behave like goofballs!
Everyone had a great time. Abbie survived no nap and lots of running around with only one meltdown and we all got to visit with each other. It was funny seeing the girls pass out in the car on our drive home. Abbie lasted about 9 minutes before falling asleep and Maggie lasted 11 minutes!
And yes I did dress the girls the same 2 days in a row. They like it and Abbie actually will throw a fit if I don't put her in same clothes as Maggie!
Two Christmas celebrations down and one more to go!!!
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