Here Comes The Cuteness

On Saturday night, Ani Rose attacked her Da...in between watching Wall-E on ABC Family :).

Goodbye, Old Friend

Last night, Todd took Scout to the vet and had him euthanized.  As you can see in the pictures, he was a horrible shade of yellow, which meant his liver was failing.  He was starting to act confused, had stopped eating, was throwing up every day and having accidents.  We let the kids say goodbye.  Norrin, being almost 5, said the sweetest things that just made me want to cry.  He said, "Goodbye, Scout.  I'll see you in my heart".  Simply and beautifully said, Norrin Radd. 

Really, its a miracle he lived as long as he did with these two enthusiastic cat cuddlers.

Goodbye, you stinky old cat.  Believe it or not, I really miss you.

Adventures With Ani Rose

Every day Todd takes Ani Rose outside to explore the backyard.  This is their time together and she loves it.

Holding Da's hand.  She now takes our hands with a firm grip and drags us wherever she wants us to go. 

 A little driving.

 A little water play.

 First we explore the outside of the playhouse.

 Then we explore the inside.

 You have to get a little dirty when you're out in the world.

 Time to watch an ant parade.

 My wild girl with her wild hair.

Beach Days

If only we could move to the beach...at least for the summer.

Busy weekend

FRIDAY

It was bring a toy or picture of a farm animal to school.  Ani Rose has been smitten with this particular cow for awhile now.

 I picked the kids up early and we went to the aquarium...yes, again.

                                                       
 
                                                            SATURDAY


Playing in the bathroom sink seems to be one of the many chaotic and messy activities these two like to participate in.  It does my heart good to see them play...even when there's a mess to clean up afterwards.

                                                                    SUNDAY

Ani Rose woke up and wanted her cow in her arms right away.

We went to a neighbor's 6th birthday.  It was at a community center and it was scheduled for 4 hours, which seemed like a lot, but there was a game room, a movie theater and we had the whole gym to play in.  Ani liked sitting in the movie theater and eating popcorn.

 Norrin sat in the front, ate three bags of popcorn and kept peeking at us...just to make sure we hadn't left without him.

 Ani didn't make it very far into the movie before she was snoozing in my arms.

 Norrin played some pool.

 And he played some video games.

 He payed absolutely no attention to the bossy kid trying to arrange them into actual hockey teams.

 When the bossy kid finally gave up, Norrin was able to play however he wanted.

 The fan was one of the most entertaining things to my child.

 He sang happy birthday to Elysia.

 Ani Rose watched sleepily.

 While they were handing out cupcakes, Norrin did some bowling.

 Then, he loaded up on some of the most sickeningly sweet cupcakes I've ever tasted.

 Ani sampled the frosting and took a tiny nibble of the cake...

 But what she really wanted was a ring pop.

 Mmmmmm.