Purrfect Pajamas 72/365

Noelle saw these penguin pajamas at Kmart.  Our Kmart is one of the ones that is closing its doors, so we were there checking out the sales.  They didn't have Noelle's size, so we made a quick call to Tita (my mom) and put her on the hunt.  She found them and delivered them to Noelle.  They are so perfect for her.  We find it hard to find summer penguin pajamas so these gave Noelle some big smiles, and the penguin eye mask was an added bonus.

The girls and I headed back to Kmart again the other day, and we found a perfect pair for each of the little girls.  Hope picked out kitty pajamas and LeeLee of course picked out the monkey pajamas.  They are all happy with their new pjs, and they love their new eye masks.

My cat, monkey, and penguin sure are easy to please.  Hope they sleep sound tonight dreaming of their favorite things!

The Signs of Spring 71/365

All the signs of spring are here.  The azaleas are blooming.  The momma bird has already hatched her babies on our front porch.  The snakes are already swimming in the creek.  So, we felt it was time to also give Rags a little relief from his fuzziness.  Or maybe that is give myself a break from sweeping up his fuzziness.  

He is such a good boy.  He knows when I am going shave him, and he comes along and just lays at my feet.  He is such a trooper.  I give him a few breaks here and there so he can shake and roll.  As each layer comes off, he seems to smile a little more.

Then after an hour, we end up with this happy face.  I think he is cute either way, but it takes me awhile to get used to his nakedness.  When we came in from the cut, Hope looked at me and said, "What did you do to Ragsy?"  I told her he got his new do, and she replied, "he looks cute."

Ragamuffin Princess 70/365

I am so thankful for this ragamuffin princess.  God knew exactly what he was doing when he had a hand in her joining our family.  She keeps me on my toes, and keeps me smiling.

On Thursdays the kids come home from school with their Thursday folders.  In their Thursday folders are all the grades from the previous week.  Generally before I pick them up Hunter has taken a look at his to see how many bad papers he has so he can think of his response.  Noelle doesn't look at hers, because she is scared that she might have a B on something....God forbid.  Hope is clueless as to what any of the grades mean.  But LeeLee, my precious LeeLee, she loves Thursday folders.  On the way home she will pull out her papers and you will hear her say, "100, 100, 100, 100, 100, 100, 100, 100, and oh where is that one, there it is, 100, 100, and a 100.  Oh yeah, that's right, I'm perfect, but I already knew that!"

You are right LeeLee!!  You are perfect!  You are my perfect little ragamuffin princess, and don't ever let anyone tell you any different.  You may not have my blood running through your veins, but you are definitely my child.

Annie Update 69/365

Noelle's dream dog has always been a Yorkie.  I now that I am writing that, I also must confess that a Yorkie has been my dream dog too.  But other dogs have always captured my heart more.  Obviously, Annie has captured Noelle in some weird way too.  Noelle has bonded with Annie in such a sweet way. Annie has been with us for only five months now, but she is quite sure she loves it here.  I will admit that there were a few days after I brought her home that I wondered if it would work out, but Annie overcame all of her fears of children, and has accepted each one of them.  Annie looks like Einstein to me.  Her wild hair is always going in weird directions, and she is rather intelligent.  However, she sometimes acts like Dory from Nemo.  She meets people, then they leave the room and come back and she acts like she has never seen them before.  She is snuggly, and I think she thinks she is Pippa's size.  She never quite understands why her entire body doesn't fit in my lap.

She Smiles Again 68/365

I am so thankful for answered prayer.  Noelle has bounced back pretty quickly from THE VIRUS.  I am scared to put it in writing, but it looks like we may have contained it to just her.  I am so thankful that everyone else seems well.  I have her out of quarantine and back among the living.  Her cat is tickled to have her back in bed.  His twenty five pounds of goodness was missing her.

Pippa Update 67/365

I know, I am a little crazy about this little dog.  How could you look at her and not smile?  That little tongue sticking out just gets me every time.  Pippa scared me about a month ago.  She really didn't want to be bothered by anyone.  She wouldn't let anyone in the house but me touch her, and she was even getting a little testy with me sometimes.  I put her on Cosequin for her old little bones, then took her on into the vet.  Come to find out, she had a pinched nerve in her back.   They think it was from an old injury, but they decided that she needed to stay at the vet for awhile, then be on confinement here for three weeks once they released her.  Well, I made it one night with her at the vet before I was on their doorstep when they opened the doors.  I couldn't handle her being there.  I love my vets, because they know me well, and had already consulted with one another and come up with a game plan if I showed up, which they said they knew I would.  So they let me take her, and I kept her in a baby play pen beside my bed.  She still got out to sleep on my pillow at night.  So, her three weeks of prednisone and bed rest are over, and she is a different dog.  She is so full of energy and spunk.  I love seeing her bounce around.  I was also finally able to take her to the groomers to get the cute puppy cut I had been dreaming of.  I am thankful for our sweet groomer, Pippa bit both of her hands pretty bad.  I figured she was going to fire Pippa as a client, but she said that she would be happy to do her again.  So, if you are local, I would highly recommend Liz's Pet Grooming on Dean.  She is awesome, and is so gentle to Pippa even when Pippa isn't so gentle back.  I am still so thankful that Pippa was able to enter my life when I needed her.  She may be quite snappy sometimes, but for the most part, she is the sweetest little girl and I treasure everyday I have with her.

Not Again! 66/365

You know when you see a kid sleeping with their pillows wrapped in towels, and a big bowl beside them that it can only mean one thing.  They have been hit with a virus, and not just any virus, but THE VIRUS.  Noelle woke up at 3 a.m. and made it to the kitchen before the virus festivities began.  Bless her heart, she has had a rough day and still is unable to eat.  Hopefully with some good rest, she will be up and eating tomorrow. I am also praying that no one else gets it.

Our little mouse didn't make it through the night either.  It was sad for everyone, but it seems he just couldn't pull through the little down turn he had.  We will have fond memories of him!