Say Hello to SAMMY!!!!

Obviously I must have been delirious without knowing I was sick yet but Keith drug us out to the "good" pet store on Saturday and I saw this little lady and fell in love. Yes, I know I complain all the time about what a pain Panda is but something told me I needed to bring her home. I agve Keith the chance to veto and he wouldn't say anything either way so here we are with another dog.

Her name is Samantha (aka Sammy) and she's a Pembroke Corgi just like Panda. She'll be red and white (that would be a blondish brown red and white to most people). She's got a bit of dark coloring around her nose but as much as I hope it stays I'm sure it will go away. To anyone that has seen the movie "The Queen", Sammy will look like the Corgi's she has.

So far Panda is handling the new addition well. She has bowed to him so he has the upper hand (at least for now......she is a girl after all ;) ) and he's doing well putting up with her wanting to play all the time. Alex runs around screaming "SAAAMMMMEEEEEEEE!! SAAAAAMMMEEEEEE!!" and all animals and children under age 3 are getting lots of exercise chasing each other through the house. The cats simply looked up at Keith and I and I'm sure if they had fingers we would have seen them extend their middle one right up at us. LOL!

We're working on the housebreaking thing. Not easy right now with me being sick but she'll get it, she's a smart girl.

It's been awhile...

**Sigh**.....after seeing these pics you can understnd why things have been a little messed up around here. Seems we've ended up with a future tatoo art show participant as a son. Makes a mom proud......NOT! ;) At least with the first one he had an explanation....he was a zebra. LOL! The second was a lapse in judgement by leaving out a set of UN-washable markers!!!!! After 2 days his legs are STILL pink!

The weekend was nice and we had a lot of activities to keep us busy. Unfortunately, I ended up getting some kind of stomach virus that has kept me very clse to the bathroom for the last 3 days. Nothing like being sick in the middle of summer. I'm trying to stay far far away from the boys if at all possible. Passing this one through the family would just be really really bad. :(

The King IS alive!

We made it through another fun filled weekend. Sat. we went to a surprise party for one of my girlfriends. There were lots of kids, lots of food, lots of drinks and a ton of laughs. The highlight of the evening was an appearance by The King himself who serenaded the guest of honor with a slew of his hits. The kids loved Elvis and they were all up dancing with their moms. My kids had nothing to do with me as they already know they are show all on their own. LOL!

Sunday we headed to The Stockyards over in Ft. Worth. Alex's friend Roman wanted to ride a "choo-choo" for his birthday and requested that Alex be his riding buddy. When those 2 little boys saw that train coming into the depot you would have thought the best thing in the world was coming right for them. They loved the ride and talked/sang/commented the whole time. The adults didn't fare so well.....riding a train just isn't for everyone.

We've got a short week with the 4th coming up. Looking forward to having some good friends over on Friday for some swimming/food/drinks and fun.

Not the safest...but lots of FUN!

Keith had the bright idea of setting the bounce house up next to the pool. Although it may not have been the safest choice the kids loved it and luckily no one was hurt. We called up some friends and spent the evening sliding and enjoying the cool water. Days like these are when having a pool is so worth it!

Riders

For a weekend with no plans we sure ended up doing a lot. Saturday morning we loaded up the bikes, bike trailer and headed out to the park for some riding. We were pretty psyched about attempting a new trail until we made it just past the parking area and realized we would be riding on gravel! Not so bad for mom but poor dad had to pull the trailer with the boys. Yuck! Needless to say, Keith got quite a workout. We rode about 8....no, was it 7.....uhhh, maybe 6....oh heck, I think it was 5 miles. ;) I led most of the way and was so excited to see not one but TWO armadillos!!! (And they were alive!!!!)

Hurricane Alex

This is what happens when you try to take a 10 minute shower and leave Alex unattended.

How to make one little boys day!

Let him take a ride on the school bus!!!! After a whole school year of watching Parker get on and off the school bus each day Alex finally got his turn! Parker's a.m. bus driver Mr. Tom is the kindest and coolest guy on earth and told Alex that before the end of the school year he would take him for a ride on the bus. With tomorrow being our last day of school today was the day. Alex was so excited to be able to actually climb up those steps. They strapped him into a "star seat" (kind of a car seat/harness to keep them seat belted down) and the boys had to do the count down ritual to get the bus to GO. Alex followed right along even singing and swaying along when they started to sing "The Wheels on the Bus". He was a big smiley from ear to ear.

A fantastic treat for a 2 year old! Thanks to Mr. Tom!!!!

Look what I made!

And it's NOT for me. ;) LOL!!!

A good friend is having a baby this fall so I wanted take a stab at constructing a diaper cake. It has small gifts intermingled in the slew of diapers. I thought it turned out pretty cute so I thought I'd share.

Just sharing some recent pics...

First Slumber party!!

Good Morning and welcome to another new week! It's been an eventful weekend. Keith escaped to Canada last Thurs. (although he'll probably describe it as being led unwillingly to the plane - LOL!!) and spent a fun filled weekend working. Luckily he will be on a plane heading back to us today and although I missed him I'm much happier that he will be back to receive some of the boys attention. ;)

Keith missed a "first" this weekend. Alex's first slumber party! His best friend Roman came over on Sat. and spent the night. I offered to host this little soiree when I thought Keith would be here but as with work "things come up out of nowhere" and I knew this was one challenge I'd have to take on all by myself. How hard can it be to keep 2 - 2 year olds and a 4 year old entertained for a night and a day? HA HA!!!! It went great and although the noise level was something I coould have done without I was pleasantly surprised.

I also attended Alex's ARD mtg. on Friday. (For speech services he'll begin receiving through the school dist.) He will be going to speech class twice a week for about 2 hrs. a day. So, if we can get Parker's school schedule, Alex's preschool schedule and these speech classes all time coordinated we will be set for the coming school year. Whew! Only one more year of all this "coordinating", then Parker will be in Kindergarten all day and my life of timing things just right gets much easier. I may even be able to get a **gasp, gasp** job. :O