What I did this summer.

I know I have been very remiss about Blogging and I am sorry. Not a lot has happened this summer but I will update you on the goings on since my last Blog.

On July 22nd & 23rd I took A & M to visit my Mom. We went on the train. It was A & M's first ever train ride so they were very excited!Once we were waiting for the train to arrive both M and I noticed A's crazy hair:

The train was interesting and the trip only takes an hour on the train, which is also cool. Here are a few shots of the kids on the train:Via rail gave the kids a fun pack that included a cardbaord train - A thought that was pretty cool. M was tired from getting up so early.

We stayed overnight at my Mom's and came home late Wednesday night on the train. We did it again this month as well and I hope to go again in October and give the kids a surprise 2 days off school. If not then, then in early December to have some Holiday time with Nana.

Also in August we dog sat T a Boxer/Australian Sheppard cross that is the dog of a friend of M's. T and S have regular play dates and had a lot of fun for the 3 days and 2 nights he was here. Meet T Shots of T & S:Shots of just S:

Also this month S's dog pal S came to visit:S was a big hit with M:

Also yesterday I grabbed a shot of S being affectionate with A, she did this on her own:

In other news we are adopting a second dog, we've paid the adoption fee and I have been going to the shelter to walk him nightly until he can come home to us on September 3rd after his neuter. Here is his adoption ad. We are all looking forward to Bobby coming to live with us!

I will post shots of B once he is home with us!!

Cass :)

A visit and some nice pictures!

First of all: All credit for these lovely shots of my pets and children go to my good friend LA. She has a fast hand and a great eye :)

To also give credit where credit is due - This is Pugsley Pwning S :)

A doing his 'smell the flower' trick, hehe.

M showing off how dirty little girls can be.

The Cato being - catish :)

S loves her pool and lays down in it now to keep cool - this is the most adorable picture of her to date. Thanks L for the wonderful shot!

She even snuck in one of me. Its good so I will share.

Cass :)

It's so sad!!

For a short while there I was entertaining the idea of us getting a second dog, J has kept the brakes on that idea long enough for me to realize(once again) that we can only really responsibly care for one cat and one dog at a time. I have regular play dates for S so she gets a chance to play with other dogs so she's not that lonely.

Unfortunately I have gotten in the habit of checking Kijiji for "free to good home" ads as well as looking at local shelters and it kills me that all these poor dogs are being dumped. "We're moving into a no pets place." is too common - if you had kids would you move into a "no kids" place?!? I mean really. I ~think~ we could give a second dog a good home but it would be hard if there were any unforeseen issues with health ... also there is the whole issue with space. We have 5 people, a dog and a cat in our just under 1000 square foot home. Sure we have a giant yard(I'd say about 5000 square feet) but that doesn't help when we're all sitting in the 100 square foot living room on a winter night watching TV.

It just makes me so sad - all those poor dogs. I'm not even going to think too deeply about the thousands of cats and kittens I have seen "free to good home" as well as in shelters. Why is society still not spaying an neutering? Bob Barker always said that at the end of his show, you remember? Poor Bob, all those years and it seems like people are still being dumb and just not doing it.

Cass :(

I like to say 'Argle Bargle'

It's what I say when I have nothing to say. Summer vacation has started for the kids but my routine has stayed the same. Which reminds me I have to go plan our menu for this week right now! Be right back ...

... There all done. Anyway like I said I don't have much to say I have some cute shots of the dog though so I'll just put them up :)

Our puppy is now 7 months old, everyone always tells me how pretty she is whenever we are out with her.

Just so you don't think I've forgotten about them, here's a shot of two of my three children:

And my two furkids:

So that's it, long lazy summer ahead. I'm trying to keep everyone from getting too bored and in the process I'm wearing myself out as well. We have play dates for the dog a few times a week, her daily walks, I took the kids to see a children's music presentation last night and there is big band music playing next week that I think I'll take them to as well(can't beat free). Different types of music are good for the brain right? Also we have early swims, when we walk to the Y nice and early and go swimming for an hour and then walk home. Too bad it takes us an hour home to in the water.

Yeah, summer, yippee. /sigh/

Cass :)

Hey look! It's summertime!

I have everyone but the cat and myself in this blog - I even managed to get a couple shots of my man :)First things first, this is what my house looks like at 6:30am:M is awake and has eaten her breakfast.S is still willing to lay down.A is not awake.Neither is K, although she is stirring.

I got a nice few shots of S in J's lap - in this one she looks like she's telling him a dirty joke, wink and all. LOL Here's another shot of our lap dog in action - J is the only once she'll jump up on like this. She knows how to get into his good graces :)

The kids were playing with the camera and ended up with these shots of each other:

On with more puppy shots, first the size shots and then the Aww shots :)
She didn't want to pose :)

That's it for me this week. Four school days until sumer break starts, the weather has been nice and cool lately so I'm happy and the house is not to bad clean-wise. All is good in my world :)

Cass :)

Yes - I AM still alive :)

Sorry for the long silence - I was binge slacking and then I ended up reading two very long books in under a week(also called binge reading). So this weekend I have been attempting to get on top of all the housework I didn't do, yeah, uh-huh. :)

I also have a bridge that I'm selling :)

It's been a busy almost month since I last posted and I am sorry for the long silence. I promise there are lots of nice pictures in this entry and they aren't all of the puppy(who is 6 months and around 40 pounds now).

After S's spay(the beginning of May) I moved into A's room with him and the dog to keep an ear on her - I shouldn't have bothered she never licked. The down side, other than not sleeping in my own bed, was that the kids would often wake me - although this shot if of them getting me up from a nap not in the morning :)

S has made a full recovery and was back to her old self within days even though we tried to get her to take it easy.

In other adventures K brought me a freakishly tall dandelion ... ... we both thought it was picture worthy:)

I took the following shots one day when I was laying on the couch watching TV, the camera happened to be next to me and I laughed when I looked over and saw this in the two chairs across from me.In my man's chair was the cat ...... In my chair was the puppy. I thought it was very funny :)

My good friend L took these shots of S and her PugXBeagle she calls Pugsley. I want to give credit where credit is due and if it's blurry at all it's because of picture coding I use not the picture itself.

Just this past Friday the kids and I all got our hair cut. Everyone opted for short as it's been super hot here the last few days.I forgot to get a shot of K - but she has short hair now as well.

Now onto cute puppy shots :)


I remain, as always, Mommy :)