Introducing Daisy Duke

Everyone needs a Daisy Duke.  She's such a happy, smiley doggy. 

 

 

She has her favorite toy.  As she should.  :)

 

 

And she has her BFF.  As she should.  :)

 

Oh.  She's naughty too.  As are most doggies.  You probably shouldn't let her kiss your face.  I'm just saying.  :)

 

But everyone needs a Daisy Duke.

Well.  Everyone but us.  I'm quite content to just come and visit the farm and see her.  Owen and Sheldon are on a mission to get Owen a dog.

That campaign may have worked with the guinea pigs but I'm NOT getting a dog. 

You can take that to the bank baby.

We will be happy to visit Daisy Duke and her friends Jack Bo, Maggie Moo and Scooty Pooty whenever the kids want.  :)

Uncle

A while back, we took the boys to brunch at the Sunken Well Tavern.

It's a local restaurant that is off the beaten path downtown.  They have the best brunch in town.

When they tell you that the pancake is big, they mean it. 

Shane ordered it and said that he could finish the entire pancake.  He bet Ken $20 that he could and he was not going to back down from that.

Well.  He almost did.  He tried so hard.  He really did.  He couldn't eat the last four bites.

Owen was more than happy to step in and help.  :)

Shane cried "uncle".  LOL

Color Me...A Mess

Owen hates to run.

HATES IT.

But he digs his friends.  So when his friend Ky asked him to run the Color Me Rad run in Richmond a few months ago, he was all in.

They had a blast.

Literally.

Their clothes were white when they started the race.  :D
 

 

I guess if all running ended up getting blasted with a bunch of colors, and he could do it with his friend, he'd like to run.

But I doubt it.  LOL.

Just A Reminder

Every spring and fall, I clean out the kids closets. 

(Okay.  It's usually summer and winter by the time I *actually* get around to it.  But I still get it done!)

I move the clothes that are too small for Shane over to Owen and the clothes that are too small for Owen go to Good Will.

I usually feel thrilled and accomplished to get this chore done. 

Usually.

But this spring, I felt a little sad.

A little weird.

And a little nostalgic.

Because no one in my family can use the little kids hangers anymore. 

The little hangers that held all of my boys cute little overalls and cute little outfits.  Now they can't be used because the boys clothes are too big and they just fall off of the hangers.  :( 

They're just another reminder that my children are growing up fast.

As you can see, these groups of hangers are sitting underneath the Thomas the Train comforter set that the boys are now too grown up for.  I just can not part with them either.  We may have a house full of people at some point and need extra blankets.  Right?

I did give the hangers to Good Will.  I figure someone somewhere can use them. 

I can't hang on to everything. 

Including their childhood.  They are growing way too fast.

Which makes me both sad and happy.  Every stage has it's good points.  Or at least, hopefully I'll remember it that way.

Just like when I look at the hangers and think of their sweet baby clothes, I forget about the sleep deprivation of babies.

Nailed It!

Owen's been playing a game emojipop on the ipad.  It's like pictionary.

 

With a twisted sense of humor.

 

He solved this immediately in less than a minute.

 

"Everyone knows that boogers are nose poop.  It's logical."

I guess you have to think like a boy. 

:/