Saturday, August 9, 2008

Poses

"Hey, somebody changed the dish schedule and it's not our turn! Besides that, not everybody washed their dish. We outta put names on them , then we'd know who didn't wash their bowl."
























Being handsome takes a lot out of a guy. It's tiring work! "I don't know if it's that or just having 6 sisters that pester me to no end".



Teresa's rabbit, trying to stay calm and ignore the 14 poodles that visit him daily.




Puppy Antics 3

Toby just gave them the "eye" and they all scattered. They wear on his patience. After all- Bostons have it ALL!












What'[s the hurry? Will here has mastered the art of dealing with stress while the 2 girls are still a bit frazzled and learning to cope with everyday life. Women???? Maybe she's just having a bad hair day."Hey girls, slow down and take a chill pill!"




I'd like to be out there chasing squirrels and dashing about the yard but somehow I do feel a bit safer in here....don't you? Quality time is hard to come by nowdays.









Keeping up with one takes all your time. How can more take any MORE?
Ha! See this tomato garden? It actually had more tomatoes on it a few days back. I can't imagine what happened but somehow I get the feeling there is a big "coverup" going on- a conspiracy of sorts. By the way, I discovered these pups love cantalope. I just didn't realize they were so into veggies.

Puppy Antics 2

Now kids, you just reach up a bit higher and push that little piece of metal higher......and we're outta here!

Will taking a little moment with Dad.






Good grief! Get a load of that tail. Don't get too close. it might be contagious or something worse!

Puppy Antics

You grab the tomato and I'll make a run for it!



Honey, have you seen the kids?



Faithful watch dogs in training- watching to the left, watching to the right, and checking out the rear.

Sunday, August 3, 2008

A rare rain







We are having a drought of sorts here and everything is drying up. This afternoon a sudden thunderstorm crashed down upon us. I was out running errands and half of the time I felt like I was floating home. It was so refreshing after the storm passed and I ventured out to see how my little banana blossom and lone tomato fared in the downpour. I just have to share the pics!

Blue Teeth




Blueberry-lime was main item on the menu! It packed quite a punch. We did have a lot of belly-pleasing fun. It is rare that we officiate at a grand opening of anything- let alone an Ice Cream shop. The 11 year old pianist was a blossoming Mozart. He didn't smile too much but we "think "he enjoyed playing. He was perfection anyway and a pleasure to listen to.
It was a special day and the kids stayed awake late that night- running off the sugar high and we did about the same thing.
And the next day.....we all still had blue teeth!









































Friday, August 1, 2008

Summer delights!

I am thinking of throwing together a slide show. Yesterday we buried ourselves in Ice Cream. We officiated at the opening of a Baskin Robbins shop and the owner spoiled us with umpteem varieties as well as slurpies. slushies and ice cream of every imaginable color. Amber won the" licking contest" and won a prize of...guess what? 2 quarts of Ice cream! Jason got a bit more spoiled as all the employees (girls in their shiny blue aprons) kept offering him endless samples. His healthy diet of steamed vegetables for breakfast, lunch and dinner, went slinking out the door for the evening. Today he is doing pimple control.

I have fond memories of our evening walks along the beach in Italy when the kids were little. The beach was great and all and we used to find all kinds of interesting sea life, shells and seahorses. However, I have to admit that the times the kids loved the most was when we'd stop by the local Cafe and their dad would pull out the money and they'd all get to chose their favorite ice cream. They waited patiently, drooling a bit and once they had theirs, they tried to make them last. Italians make it best, down to the last amaretto soaked raisen.

Of course, Teresa was overjoyed. Her ice cream maker has been in "cold storage" lately.
Well- check my blog tomorrow and there will be hopefully- a slide show!