Paige and Megan visit with Smudge the miniature horse. Please don't call him a pony he IS NOT a pony! I am sure he would tell you that if he could only speak English.

Here are more pictures from our visit to the stable before we took off for Spring break. Paige starts her Spring riding lessons this Wednesday. Maybe that was why she was so happy to be back home from our visit down South.

As you can see Paige was thrilled to see Calliope again, it has been a long winter.

The girls visited with C.C. also, it was dinner time so he was hoping that we would have some oats for him.

The 5th Grade Living Museum

On Wednesday I went to Paige's school to visit the "5th graders living history museum". The kids had read biography's on famous people, wrote a paper, made an ABC book (each letter tells about a trait of the character) then they dressed up as their famous person. They each had a "button" to activate them. Some were very creative, Mozart had you play some notes on the electric keyboard, while Thomas Edison had you connect a battery to a light bulb, and Anne Frank had you sign your name in her diary.

Paige as Pocahontas

Kylie as Amelia Earhart

Vincent Van Gogh was there as was Princess Dianna

Ray Charles and Walt Disney

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Laura Ingalls Wilder

Our neighbor boy Harry was Ponce deLeon and Harry's big brother Ian was home from Clemson so I snapped their picture for their mom.
Francie made a cute Anne Frank

Mrs. Harnden Paige's soar teacher stopped by so I snapped her photo and she was nice enough to snap one of me and Paige.

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

Paige and Megan got dressed from head to toe in green shamrocks today. They are both sporting shamrock (removable) tattoos on their cheeks and arms. They also have shamrock socks on their feet and shamrock ribbons on their ponytails...like I said it's pretty much head to toe!

Poor Rebel is the only one not sporting any green today. Rowdy is always wearing green because of his collar.

Megan kind of has a Sham"rock" vibe going with the leopard print leggins, white jean skirt and the pink glitter belt. It works for her though, don't think it would look cute on anyone over 12!


Paige is wearing her new "goucho" style capris with the pretty green belt. She looks cool and comfy. It is supposed to get to 67 degrees today...the sun is shining so I think we will warm up.

Since it was so warm on Monday (near 60 degrees) I decided to give the dogs a bath.
Rowdy was first in the tub.

I know he looks miserable but when he's all done he feels better and gets all frisky.
I keep reminding him "everyone loves a clean dog!".

You can't tell from the picture but he loves this part getting all snuggled up in the towel for a rub down. Having the towel fluffed in the dryer doesn't hurt either.

He's almost done, some blow dryer time and then in my lap to get his nails trimmed followed by a puppy treat and he's back to being sweet clean Rowdy dog.

Megan and Cameron
B.F.F.
(BEST FRIENDS FOREVER)

I love these two girls so much. Only one of them is really mine the other one is borrowed from a good friend. These two have been best friends for about 6 years (they are only 7 1/2) so for most of their lives. They play together so well, they NEVER fight or disagree. They go to the same school but so far they have not shared a classroom, so recess time is special. They always greet each other with hugs and smiles. Megan is a pretty social girl with lots of friends but her true best friend will always be Cameron.

I love how I can come in and take photos of them and they just keep playing until I ask them to turn around. They were playing "Hotel for Dogs" (like the movie).


The other day I was thinking about moving that big ol doll house out of the bonus room. Then these two come in and play with it for hours.... think it will stay a while longer.

Here are the rest of the pictures from last Friday (Feb. 20th) when Joe came over to spend the day with us. Paige and Megan were so thrilled to have Joe over that when their friends invited them over after school to play, they told that they were not available until after Joe went home. So I guess Joe ranks!

I had Joe and Rebel outside when the kids got off the school bus. All the neighbor kids thought we got a new dog. Paige and Megan told them that we just had Joe for the day doing some dog sitting. Lisa from down the street was so impressed with how big and beautiful Joe is. She has a white boxer and he has severe food allergies so he is on the skinny side. She was even more impressed when I told her that Joe had been diagnosed with a brain tumor and that he just finished treatments in January. He is such a good looking and sweet dog for all he has endured.

I think Joe was missing Aunt Deb a little, since she has pretty much been with him full time since Oct. when all his health problems started. He was a tiny bit whiny but nothing a head pat or back rub wouldn't cure. Then when the girls got home he was all about playing. He really liked Rowdy and Rebels bowling ball and bowling pin.

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Here are the rest of the photos from our sleepover at Aunt Debs the weekend before last. After our incredible dinner we watched "Mary Poppins". Can you believe that Deb had never seen it before. I can't even count how many times I have seen it, I just love Mary she's practically perfect in every way. It was so funny when we sat down to watch the movie Joe got up and snuggled with me and Rebel made himself at home on Debs lap. By the end of the movie Rebel had snuggled up with Paige and Megan had taken Rebels spot with Deb.

In the morning Megan built a blanket fort that she shared with Paige.


Here is the wonderful breakfast that Deb made for us. An omelette with mushrooms, three cheese blend from Trader Joes, and leeks. It was yummy! She also made the potato casserole from the night before into these fantastic potato cakes.

Happy Groundhogs Day!

Here are some more shots from last week....Paige playing her clarinet on Wednesday a.k.a. snow day while Megan sits in the rocking chair chilling out after playing with her friends all afternoon.

Here are the boys, barking at each other. Rebel wanted to play and Rowdy was not having any of it!

Then Megan announced that she needed a hug so I sat in the rocker with her and hugged and we took some silly pictures. She is a pro at making silly faces...I have no idea where she gets that from?

Me and Rebel having a snuggle on Thursday night, we were watching the Wii action.

About 10 minutes before the bus pulled up on Friday morning we had some big snow flakes flying down out of the sky. By the time I headed into work (about 30 minutes later) the sun was shining.