New dog....let me name it for you.

Nanna and PaPa have a new puppy, would love to tell you what kind he is...but all I can say is that he is small and furry. Perfect size for a little two year old! His name is Mikey, but Little likes to call him Mickey....she'll get it right, or maybe not. She doesn't care.

Taming Alligators!!

In case you haven't talked to me prior to Christmas....we had about seven different family gatherings during the month of December. One of our stops was at Uncle Brad and Aunt Ann's house and they have a large stuffed alligator in their living room. Well, this is just too much fun to pass up!!! Little did tame the wild beast, but not before it almost ate her!! She and her cousins had loads of fun. They aren't supposed to play on the alligator, but since Rileigh was doing it....well, you know how that goes.

Reindeer Food

I told Malc that before we left for the house Christmas Eve, we had to feed the reindeer. He scrutinized the bag and threatened if oatmeal (or whatever plant it comes from), starts growing in the front yard...well, you get the idea. I insisted that it would, it is processed oats, surely it can't grow, right? and besides, it is a photo-op and you can't pass that up!!!!

Book Talk

I stayed up WAY past my bedtime last night...why??? b/c my latest book was just TOOO good to put down. Stone Cold is the third in the Camel Club trilogy. The book wrapped up some lose ends that had been around since book one and two, but it still left you wondering what would happen at the end and definately what is coming up next.....everything wasn't tied up nice and neatly. But not so much that it frustrated you. He left you enough details that you start to wonder how he will continue the lives of the characters. It is heartbreaking when a member of the Camel Club dies! Through all hree of the books, they get into some tricky situations, but always come out with just a few bumps and bruises...but to have one DIE!! It was definately a shocker, but crucial to the end of the book. Our main character, Oliver Stone (no, not the producer), gets his revenge.

This one comes HIGHLY recommended.

I will start my new book tonight. It isn't my norm, but I figured John Gray knows his stuff and I'm curious to see what he has to say about men, women and stress. The full title of the book is: Why Mars and Venus Collide, Improving relationships by understanding how men and women cope differently with stress. I'll keep you posted on how it is. Wondering what he is going to tell me that most women don't already know!! ha, ha

Birthday fun

We had a birthday party this past weekend at J&R Gymnastics....this place ROCKS and is a GREAT place b/c the kids are oh so happy!!! And they run and run and run.

Trampoline fun.

Jumpy house thing....

On the "cat walk" going to the pit that has all of these blue foam blocks.

She calls this her happy face

No, seriously, if you show this to her, she says it is her happy face! YIKES, hate to see her sad face!

Let the holidays begin....

My husband's family is VERY large....and we have LOTS of family gatherings to attend and this past weekend marked the beginning of the Christmas rotations. This party was at the bowing alley and Little did VERY well with staying off the lanes and ate A LOT, but mostly crackers. The only thing I had to do was go behind her and take out the crackers that had bites out of them (she did a lot of sampling), and one pie had her finger prints ALL over it. The FUNNIEST thing (wish I had a picture) was when she walked up to Malc and me with a huge piece of chocolate cake and an equally huge smile on her face...as if she was going to eat that when she didn't eat ANY of her dinner, not even mac & cheese or mashed potatoes...we were definately not her favorite parents at that moment in time. She got over it. Here are some pictures of her writing on the chalk boards.