Feb 9-14

Feb 9





Belle walked up to me and says with a totally straight face:

Guess which hand has the straws!
(in the tradition of "where is the coin?")

We played this game for a few rounds with me
feigning stupidity and laughing hysterically.

Then she went behind me for a minute and came back
(obviously empty-handed)
and asked again.

She had tricked me by placing them on the counter behind me.

Silly little girl!


Feb 10




This is the day of the
BIG STORM.

The poor puppy DID NOT want to go out,
but eventually had no choice.

She returned (quickly) with
balls of snow
stuck in her long fur.

I'm torn between letting her keep her long winter coat and helping her look more respectable
(and smelling better)
by getting her hair cut.


Feb 11




Happy 8th Birthday, Rex!

Rex and his buddy were sitting at the counter
drawing
and
narrating

each of their stories to eachother with sound effects and all.


Feb 12




Belle has a look of complete happiness and fun on her face!

She loves her fun friend!

This picture was preceeded less than ten minutes earlier with

weeping and wailing

because Belle didn't want to give anyone else a turn on the
Sit N Spin.

The ABC song cured that and then
they came up with their own solution by
spinning together.


Feb 13




My sweetie got home from his trip to Chile today.

I got to leave the house after a
week of sicknesses and snowstorms.

This is our gourmet celebratory dinner of
Chinese noodles and sushi.

We even broke out the chopsticks
and fun little dishes.

Mmm.


Feb 14




After our time in Minnesota, we learned that grilling can be done in any weather.

We love using the grill,
even in the snow.

Here is my sweetie digging out a path in the 18+ inches of snow on the deck.

If you look closely, you can see that Amber is trying to catch the snow being thrown off the shovel.

This gets her in trouble sometimes when she is too close,
but she LOVES catching snow.