Start of the School Year

I saw this in Ruby's desk on Meet the Teacher night. It says, I feel happy when I'm with Sadie. They are so stinking cute.     

Also, from Meet the Teacher night. Ruby in her big-girl-second-grade desk.

Ashley and Chiara

Ruby made me new earrings by destroying my old (and only) earrings. So. . . not great. She somehow got the ends of the light/fan dangly things and glued the flower of my earrings to the bottom and the post to the top and painted them (with nail polish) red. She's. . . . a lot.

Ruby did her hair.

This was really beautiful when we were driving.

I love all these girls. Ella on her first day of junior high at a new school.

Maggie's FRESHMAN schedule!!! Because she's a freshman. . . in high school!!!

Maggie texted me, Mom, I had coffee. Uh no. To quote the Beastie Boys, she likes her sugar with coffee and cream.

Summer Catch Up, part 3

 Ashley's long legs pushing on Millie.

Hmmmmm. . . that appears to be a boo-boo on Ruby.

Chiara looks like the flying nun.

Oh, sweet Eddie bear. He stopped eating for a while and then he started again for a day or two and then he stopped again so it was just time. He was such a good boy. I'm so glad he had a happy, safe, warm, well-fed last few months.

Natasha is obsessed with tennis balls. 

Buddy boy.

Ruby got tested for ADHD and the report was hilarious. The lady asked her if she didn't like anything else and Ruby "responded with a verbal shrug and asked, 'why would I not like something about myself?' Also, the lady asked her if anything had changed recently and she answered that she doesn't like cheeseburgers anymore. 

Natasha will get sore from chewing her tennis balls too long. But she also doesn't want the other dogs to steal them so she hides them under her face.

I love this dumb dog! She's laying down with her face in the dog door.

Ruby throwing a giant fit. Super fun.

Guess who is in driver's ed??? I let her drive in parking lots several times. She hits the break SOOOOOOOOOOOOOO hard. And she doesn't check mirrors but she's learning.

Summer Catch-Up, part 2

 More Smiley. She's funny looking but very sweet. I miss her. I do not miss her incredibly long white fur. My roomba was not amused.

Maggie. Max. Razz.

Maggie's amazing art. Her talent is amazing. But, of course, she never goes more than a few hours without drawing. It's so creative and detailed. It amazes me.

We saw the newest Spiderverse movie this summer and she became obsessed. She was constantly sending me memes and pictures of the characters and drawing them and reading up about them. Mommy's little nerd!

I didn't get a good video of this but. . . the roomba runs into Honey and she does not move so it just bounces off of her and goes around. It cracks me up every single time.

That's Ashley.

She's so sweet. Except she desperately wants the kitties to play with her.

Look at Chiara's little tongue hanging out.