Petey

This is Petey. He is a 6 month old hound mix that was found wandering the GE plant with another dog. HART named him Sunshine but we call him Petey because when we first picked him up he would piddle every time he would get excited. He is a happy guy. Always. The piddling has stopped, thank goodness. He is a great dog. Wish we could keep him :)

come and gone

Meet Alona. She is an underweight St. Bernard that we fostered for less than 24 hours. She was a great dog but Buster was a little afraid of her and that led to some...shall we say problems...so we took her back to the vet where some of the animals stay until a foster can be found. It was lots of fun to have such a jowly dog around but I couldn't handle it on a regular basis.

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Ever since Stella arrived we have had to vacuum more than normal and every time we fill the canister with dirt and hair-YUCK
With three dogs I now need to fill the water bowl at least 2 times a day.
Zach is learning cursive!

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Aiden really loves to help, especially when it involves a hammer :)
Aiden loves to get puppets from the library, I cringe every time. So as soon as we get home the puppets get a bath. This one went from gray to this nice white and brown dog.
Zach is playing basketball. Only one game left. He is doing so well, making lots of rebounds and even made 2 shots last game.
Zach kissing a dolphin in Cozumel.
Another new toy of Chris' a small, very small PC computer.

Sickie Boys

On President's Day the boys were supposed to have school but they were sick :( 

Aiden threw up, just once, thank goodness and was fine an hour later. 

Zach however had a fever all day and barely ate, poor boy.

Zach's Bink

This is the blanket Zach has slept with every night since he was a baby. I found it outside his door tonight. My little boy is growing up :(j

PS I took it into his room and tucked it into bed with him.......in case he decided he needed it.

What a day.

Chris can usually tell how my day was by how much chocolate I've eaten. This was a particularly rough day........

OY!

I love Aiden very, very much. But sometimes I have to count to 100 before I can speak when I see things he's done.  This is one of those times. The pictures don't really do his handiwork justice. You see, around my birthday I started slowly buying Mary Kay products from a friend to fill a compact. My idea being two fold, I deserved nice make-up and it would be nice to be able to carry everything in a compact and bring it with me if I didn't have time in the morning. Well. Aiden also thought that it looked like fun and one day a few weeks ago when he was supposed to be napping this is what he did. Now my makeup is up very high in our closet. 

I know, from classes, that Aiden doesn't have the ability to apply rules when he needs to. He knows right from wrong but can't apply the principles when he is in situations. He just can't control his impulses. So there are days no matter how much I love him. Know matter how much I know about ADHD that I feel hopeless, I start to feel like it's always going to be this way, that we will always have to lock things up and keep things away from him and that always makes me sad for my little boy who just can't control himself.

Look what I can do!

While we were driving to Florida my mom was knitting a scarf, it looked so peaceful that I decided to try it myself.  I haven't knit a scarf yet but I have made some washcloths and a blanket for each boy's stuffed animals. My only obstacle is that I can only do one stitch so I'm thinking of taking a knitting class in Hamilton in March.....I guess I better decide soon.

Happy Birthday

Chris turned 35 on the 7th.

His presents. And yes I consider the TV to be one.
The boys gave him hot sauce and soda.
Dave and Linda (his parents) joined us from Maine for the festivities.
No cake for him, just ice cream and 3.5 candles :)