This is how Mary watches TV

And what we get to look at while trying to watch tv.

Cooking Preparations

I keep forgetting to take a picture of this apron when we have it on.

Isn't it the cutest thing?

Now even if the food is questionable, we are very stylish while making it.

For the love snow and spring in Colorado.

Lulu did not appreciate it as much as the other two.

What do you do at 7 am when the power is out and there is a foot of snow?

Teenagers

We headed to the orthodontist yesterday and this is what Boston did the whole time. He does this every time we go. Why talk to mom when you can snooze. It takes about 25 minutes to get there and he took advantage of the time.

He is completely mortified that I am posting these, but that is what you get when you fall asleep in the car and mom has a camera available.

What about that hair?

Maggie fits perfectly.

She has been the most wonderful addition to our family. Such a sweet, loving, kind dog.

And the perfect fit for Lulu.

I believe that she feels it is her right to lay on the big dogs and snuggle.

Being Little

Why lay on the chair when you can lay on the back of the chair?

The benefits of being little.

Now if we could just convince the BIG black dog that she isn't little and shouldn't sit there.

Lilly again...

And...

the second bottom tooth came out just a few days later. She tells me she was so worried about it, but so excited when she came home from school with her tooth in a little tooth necklace. No more loose teeth at the moment, but as you can tell from the picture, there will be braces in her future. Her bite is totally off. 2 sets of braces paid off, 2 more to go.

This second picture needs an explanation. I needed this picture for proof. Lilly is my little rebel. She is stubborn and strong willed. So school has been a little bit of a challenge this year. She doesn't feel like she should do more than what she wants to do. She has all these excuses she uses with her teacher to get out of doing what she doesn't want to.

"I will do it when I get home."

"I don't know how."

"I will do it later."

She cracks me up. It is so frustrating sometimes though. So this is Wednesday and Thursday nights homework that we were doing at 10 p.m. on Sunday. It was the first time I was able to get her to focus. She is such a night owl, that she was plenty awake to do it. So we will get it turned in, late, but done. I figured out while she was off track that she knows most all the Kindergarten skills needed, she just refuses to share them with her teacher. Our next goal is to convince her she isn't in charge and she does have to go to school and share what she has learned. The little stinker...

Lilly and her tooth...

Lilly lost her first tooth. My baby lost her first tooth. These are the firsts of many lasts until the grand kids are around. I am a little sad. But as every good mom of 4 kids, I hadn't even considered her loosing teeth until this one would go around in circles, it was so loose. She was very nervous, but it came out while eating a bagel. No pain or anything else. It was ready.

Now for the Tooth Fairy. Assuming she comes sooner rather than later, Lilly decided to wait until her dad gets back in town to see her tooth. So we sent a memo to the fairies and they are on delay. Hopefully just a 24 hour delay, not a week like they have a history of.

Congratulations Lilly!

Beautiful bedding...

Here are the pictures of that darling bedding I talked about last week.

I have 2 exact sets

twin quilt with matching sham

matching twin bedding

fitted, flat, and pillowcase

It is almost brand new.

The only flaw is a very small black dot made by a sharpie on one of the quilts. I tried to get it in the picture. (Lilly seemed to have missed the memo on no sharpies in our house. It freaks out their dad!)

If you are interested in them or have questions let me know.

Thanks.

Izzy

We woke up this morning and found Izzy's tail like this. Went out about 4 inches and then drooped straight down. It seriously looked broken. As a lab, her tail is always up and wagging and knocking things over. So we knew there was something definitely wrong. Besides just look at it. So unnatural.

We headed to the vet. X-rays, current immunization because we were there and they were due, temperature taken it was determined that it wasn't broken. I don't know how it couldn't be, but I saw the pictures. She has just damaged it. It was almost like it was slammed in a door or something. But when I went to bed last night she was fine. It happened during the night. So now for very cute wrapping that matches her collar and pain medication, she is doing much better.

We took all of her toys away for a day or two to help make her rest, but how do you do that? She is so bored. So we are off to take her for a walk.