Mmmm... cookies!

The beginnings of my blog:

Our dog of 7 years ran away on Dec. 2nd... thankfully to be found 6 days later. She's been home a week now and we are so glad. Her snooty attitude and days of lounging about by herself seem to be over. She is sweetly cuddling by Mama (me) most of the time or goes where ever the kids are... like today, they are playing outside (I think it is COLD!) but they are outside in the sandbox and slide playing together all giggly and happy. There she is - Britty - our sweet basenji just basking in the winter sunlight right next to the kids. I loved it. She is realizing what she was missing and getting in on all of the fun of Jackson and Mia... the 2 cutest kids on earth! So.. all this to say that it is wonderful having Britty back and watching her enjoy the house and the family that is all hers!

My husband has been busy building a pond in the backyard. Make that 2 ponds with a waterfall. Yup, he's an over achiever and incredible. He made a small pond that has a waterfall flowing into a pretty big pond. Needless to say, the kids (and I) love it. They sit right on the edge just swinging their feet and watching the water flow. This morning in 50 degree weather they are out there in shorts with their feet in the water and enormous smiles on their faces, just talking to each other. It is so cute. I took a picture (of course). And yes, there was britty just a few inches away laying next to them. They move, she moves. I love it!

My little Miss Miabel has been getting herself into a handful of trouble today! She has figured out (much to her Mama's despair!) how to push a chair or a stool over to the kitchen counter (or any high space) and climb up top. I found her sitting on the kitchen counter with a bag of homemade sugar cookies and some candy. Nice. She is only 17.5 months old, this worries me! Her brother is about 10 feet away sitting happily at the kitchen table. Why so happy? He'd helped himself to the tin of sugar cookies he'd made with his Grammy the other night... Ah!! I asked him "how many cookies have you had jackson?" and he says with a mouthful, "Um, three."

And now he is wondering why I have put the tin of cookies away. I am so unreasonable sometimes! haha! Mind you, it wasn't even lunch time!

Anyway, now they are both napping and so are the 2 dogs (Britty and Gracie by the way). So it is quiet in the house - except for the sound of typing, an occasional email or IM, and of course, Christmas music! I love Christmas. I love being a stay at home mama. I love my husband. I love my kids. I love my dogs. I love my house.

that's it from me.

Over and out,
Julie
p.s. this is the pond not finished and no landscaping yet...