And Another Thing...

Meet Pepper

Saragh's godmother indulged her this year and bought her a humongous puppy for her birthday.  After she cuddled and loved it for about an hour, she dragged me down to my sewing area and insisted that Pepper needed a collar.  Who could say no to that?

So Pepper got a snazzy new collar to welcome her into her new home.

And she also got a girl who loves her very much!  Saragh has not left Pepper's side today any longer than it takes to run to the potty and back.

The View From My Sick Bed

I was down with a cold yesterday, no surprise after nursing 3 little girls through high fevers and colds all last week.  Luckily, the recovering girls stayed very close to me yesterday and allowed me to rest without too much chaos.

They sat here on the rug in front of the sofa in the learning room for quite a while a played with puzzles, the train, read books and colored.  BTW, isn't that rug fabulous?  I just got it off of craigslist last week for $25!!!

This is a shot of my kitchen table at about 3:00 in the afternoon with breakfast and lunch still waiting to be cleaned up.  Yikes!

This is Olivia entertaining me in the early evening.  She is  clown with a cape draped over her face and she keeps running into things because she can't see.  She felt so much better yesterday that she was silly, bordering on insane.

Saragh also entertained me as a clown with her "pony" Philbert aka Merriadoc. 

The boys, of course, were nowhere to be found, and thus they were entertaining in their own way.  As a "reward" for everyone being so cooperative yesterday, they got to watch 2 movies today.  Not to mention, it gave me plenty of time to finish the sweater I was working on and get the house back in shape.

Snow Day

Tiny, though she is, we have dressed Saragh so that she is not lose-able in the snow.  Even if it's just her feet sticking out, we'll find those bright orange boots!

Benny, Olivia and Merry playing happily on a snow bank at the edge of our yard.  I think they are digging out snow caves. 

My How Time Flies When You're Eating the House

A little over a month ago.

Last night.

Merry has more than doubled his size since we first got him.  He continues to eat any food he comes into contact with as well as many things that we humans would not consider food.  We are really enjoying the new addition to our family.