Wesley still sleeps on a mattress in our office because he and Miles go to bed at different times and often keep each other up at night if they are in their room together. I'm hoping to get him upstairs with Miles soon, but usually it's easier to let him sleep in the office. Scooter apparently wants Wesley's bed for himself!
Sophie had an Activity Days talent show and played a song on her violin. She was pretty nervous and just did one song instead of the two she had planned, but she did a great job.
I found a huge bag of Mr. Potato heads at the thrift store for 5.00 so I was pretty excited about that. The kids have had a lot of fun with them.
Sometimes I feel like we already have 5 kids because Nora has to include Teddy in everything we do. We went to a dress-up Calvin & Hobbes birthday party and of course Teddy had to have a costume! I sewed up the orange dress and Nora added the stripes and belly and necklace and ears.
Scooter loves sitting right on Brian's lap and he gets just as excited as the kids do when he comes home from work. If he hears Wesley say "daddy" he jumps up on the chair by the window to see if Brian is home. Silly dog. And he kind of looks huge in this picture, but he hasn't grown much since he turned one in December. He tapered off at 22 pounds, which is nice. We sure love him.
Our weather is slowly getting better. Today it's back down in the 30's but we get a few 50 degree days here and there that are getting us through. I hope by next week we can finally put our coats away! We went on a walk on Sunday and Brian and I both wore our coats but Wesley didn't wear his and thought it was fine!
The kids did a Nature Scavenger hunt one Sunday afternoon and had a great time, they all love nature and science and animals and are always wanting to do anything related to those three things. It kept them all playing together so nicely for over an hour - so we'll probably be doing it often!
Miles is doing a co-op pre-school with some friends so we had a little party at our house with them and their younger siblings. Two of girls were sick and couldn't make it. Darn it! The kids had fun playing and passing out their Valentine's and eating cupcakes.
We ended the night with something pretty darn exciting.... a PUPPY!! The kids have been wanting a dog for a long time and we've been telling them we'll get one when the time was right. I thought that meant when we had a house of our own, but our landlord allows pets and I randomly looked on craigslist at the pet section on Tuesday and saw this adorable Muggin (cross between a pug and a miniature pincsher) puppy that was for sale. I called Brian at work every couple of hours to check in and see what he thought. I wasn't sure I was ready for the big commitment of a puppy. It's not like I am bored and need something to do :) Then I thought of how badly I wanted a puppy when I was little, and how so many of my childhood memories involve the dogs we had (Mic, Chancy and Chewy!) So after Brian got home from work I went out to "look" at him. And once I saw him I couldn't leave without him.
Brian sent them on a little clue treasure hunt that ended in our room where I was holding the pup. They were pretty surprised and excited, except Nora claimed she knew it was going to be a dog. :) The people we bought him from were calling him Scooter, and it just seemed to fit so we kept it. And it saved us from having to let the kids all agree on a name, too!
Scooter and Wesley are quite a pair. Scooter loves to play with him and Wesley loves getting Scooter's toys and running in circles while Scooter chases him.
