Puppy Heaven

Ellie just loves my parents dogs. It's a love hate relationship with them. Ellie loves to snuggle & play with them but she also loves to squeeze them, pull their ears, and push them off the couch. The dogs love her, they come up and lay on her, give her kisses but they also like to jump on her, knock her over & steal her food right out of her hands.
One of the dogs favorite treats is ice cubs. Whenever they hear someone getting ice from the fridge they run over in hopes someone will give them one. Grandma told Ellie she could give the dogs some ice and this is what happened...

There was probably 30 or more ice cubes all over the floor. The dogs were so excited they didn't even know what to do. They ran all over the floor trying to pick up as many as they could. It's a good thing I caught her...who knows how many she would have tried to give them.

Potty Training Can Be Dangerous

Ellie has been my hardest child by far to potty train. Last Friday my husband so graciously let me go out with some of my friends. Before I left I emphasized that Ellie had "big girl pants" on and that she needed to be reminded to use the potty...

A couple of hours go by. I return home to find Rachel in bed with a wet paper towel on her arm. I asked, "what happened to you?" She gave me one of those embarrassed, you really don't want to know look. Rachel said, "I slipped in Ellie's pee! " Ellie had an accident on the tile floor Rachel slipped in it! Gross! Who knew potty training was so hazardous.

Jared's last game of the season

Jared had so much fun playing ball this fall. He improved a lot from his first game to the last. I really enjoyed going to his games, seeing his excitement, getting a chuckle as the boys learned how to actually play baseball, and watching Jared be a part of a team.

This is Jared receiving his trophy from Coach Trier
Jared waiting patiently on first.

The whole team.

Jared & teammates in the dugout.

Jared & his teammate

Waiting for coach to talk to the team.

Having fun in the dugout.

One of his coaches telling Jared what position to play. Jared normally played 3rd base.

Happy Halloween

Halloween was pretty much a blurr. It was a very busy week. The kids had a lot of fun and got tons of candy. Ellie was tinkerbell. She talked about being tinkerbell for weeks. Jared was a Ninja...he just wanted a costume with a sword and I told him he couldn't be a pirate, AGAIN! He was very excited to get a ninja sword. Rachel was Dorothy from the Wizard of Oz. I made her costume. Once again, I don't know what I was thinking since I can barely sew. I bought a pattern but the pattern was so confusing. I didn't know any of the terms. So I just went for it. I guess it could have been worse. Rachel liked it, that is what counts.