Tuesday, April 21, 2009

Apr 21: Bailey's world



Bailey's camera, Bailey's world.

Apr 20: Our cow has arrived!


Where's the beef? Here is 1/2 a cow. Well, mostly half. The rest is in the refrigerator.

Apr 19: Snakes!


Patrick's project on snakes was to advertise his book and then write an essay.

Apr 18: Run Bradley Run!


A mean little sister with a water hose can only mean trouble and Bradley loves to instigate trouble.

Apr 17: Jungle Book


Bailey loves to go see children's plays so today we went to see Jungle Book. She absolutely loved it!

Apr 16: Bradley and the earthworm


These things are yummy!

Apr 15: Therapy


Bailey waits patiently for speech therapy class.

Apr 14: Bailey's Rainbow


Bailey has been commenting on the pretty pansies and the pretty rainbows they make. Since pansies cannot survive our hot, dry summers, I let her pick out a rainbow of petunias to plant in our natural areas. It is still frosting at night but they are protected well enough by the trees.

Apr 13: Patrick and his planes


The highlight of Patrick's Easter was getting a lot of airplanes to put together.

Apr 12: Happy Easter!



The boys could not wait to get home today to see what the Easter Bunny left for them. Bailey could not wait for them to get home so she could help me hide the eggs. This gave her an unfair advantage but with two big brothers, she needed it. Apparantly, it paid off because she got to the big egg first!

Apr 11: Hatfield-McCoy Trail


Steve took the boys to ride their dirt bikes in WV along the Hatfield-McCoy trail. It was a wet, rainy weekend so they enjoyed running through all the mud puddles and getting very dirty.

Apr 10: Maggie and the Pine Needles


I picked up some pine needles for part of our natural areas and set them down by the driveway. I let Maggie out of the basement and she is all excited to see us back home again, until she noticed that scary looking thing next to the driveway. [insert horror sounds here] She freaked out and started barking at it. Once I went over and touched it, she decided to check it out also.

Thursday, April 9, 2009

Apr 9: Bailey's Dishes


As a child, I remember going to our neighbor's house to wash dishes since we had a dishwasher. Bailey is just as enthused about washing dishes whenever she gets a chance.

Apr 8: Bailey and Maggie Swinging


Like I said, this dog thinks she is human.

Apr 7: Maggie and the Trampoline


This dog will not stay off the trampoline. She thinks she is human.

Apr 6: Rain + Rain = Tulips!


We have had an abundance of rain this year, more than I have ever seen. My tulips haven't bloomed well in years but they are sure thriving in all this rain.

Apr 5: Bed Potato


Bailey loves to lay around in our bed and watch TV.

Apr 4: Bradley sleeping


Bradley loves to sleep!

Apr 3: Winding down


Bailey enjoying some late night TV before bed.

Sunday, April 5, 2009

Apr 1: WSSU


I have officially been accepted into a university. I have never been to a real four-year college before so this should be quite an experience!

Mar 31: Spring Break


We cannot really go anywhere for Spring Break since each of our school schedules is different. The boys were stuck in the house for the first 3 days of their spring break due to the excessive amount of rainfall we have had lately. So we let them pick out some $.59 movies to keep them busy. They never watched them all but instead chose to get wet playing outside anyway.

Mar 30: Rainbow Dash


Rainbow Dash had been missing since our last day on the soccer field and it had been too wet to return ever since. After a long break from the spring soccer season, the boys returned to the soccer fields, what did they find? Rainbow Dash! She was a bit muddy but Bailey gave her a bath and the Magic Eraser cleaned off the rest of the mud.

Mar 28: Earth Hour


We turned off the lights tonight between 8:30 and 9:30 for Earth Hour. I lit a few candles so the kids wouldn't feel like they were completely in the dark. By the time the hour was up the real lights sure brightened up the house. It is amazing how much light we waste without realizing it.

Mar 26: The Bird


We have this bird Bailey found in the yard while loading everyone in the car. She didn't know what it was and picked it up and showed it to me. But it was a headless bird, and dead. I panicked, she screamed. I changed her and we used 3 doses of hand sanitizer and hurried off.

Once we get home, the bird is missing. Where did it go? A couple of days later Bailey's friend sees Maggie rolling around like a crazy dog in the grass. I knew something was up. Sure enough, she was rolling around on what was left of the dead bird. Eeewww. Why is this dog so nasty?