you will be missed

oh, my benny....

you will be missed so much.

you were the best dog a family could ever ask for.

and i am so glad you aren't in pain anymore.

love you

what may have been the funniest converstaion yet

we are riding in the car, on the way back from sonic.



kiss is on the radio...."i wanna rock n'roll all night....and party every day"


little mama: "mom, can people really do that, rock and roll all night and party every day?"



me: "i guess some people can"



little mama: " can we do that tonight?"



me: "i guess so, there's no school tomorrow"



the boy: "yea, and our house is clean for the party today"



little mama: "what?"



the boy: "for a party today, we have a clean house, but not your room you didn't finish"



little mama: " no boy, the song said rock and roll all night and party every day"



the boy: "yes, but little mama, your room is not clean, and people who rock and roll in your room will trip and fall down in the mess"



(at which point i am almost crying from laughing)

the rest of february....

the rest of february...



sweetpea turned two at the end of february! below is a picture of her on the morning of her second birthday. sweetpea LOVES legwarmers. she brings me a different pair every day. to wear with shorts or even over pants!

here is sweetpea at her birthday party, blowing out her candles! i put three candles on the cake on purpose....if you ask her how old she is, she will tell you "free". and if you tell her she is two, she will correct you! "NO, i'm free" the kid is something else!

sweetpea opening one of her gifts. she really loved all her gifts this year! it was so fun to celebrate with our family!


and lastly....on sweetpea's birthday our new swingset got installed in the backyard! (that was purely coincidence!) but here's what it looked like that day!

and here is the boy just thrilled to pieces in his new fort! this is without a doubt the best investment i have ever made. since we got the swingset, they have gotten home from school, changed into play shoes, and gone outside to play (and snack) until i call them in for baths or dinner! its wonderful! and they crawl into bed exhausted! love it! and the guy that i had come and build it is SOOOO reasonable, if you are in the market! ;)

so that brings you (pretty much) up to date with all the good things happening here. we have also in the past three weeks had three cases of the flu (in spite of the flu shot!), one round of strep throat, a case of pneumonia.....but all that is behind us now!

i will post more frequently!

coming in just nine days....spring break! woooo-hooo!