Never again....a long Easter post

will I buy Crayola Colored bubbles!  What a mess.  However, true to their word it all did wash off easily with soap and water- even the huge spills on the clothes came off in the wash.

It started off  a typical Easter morning- up at the crack of dawn so the girls could find their Easter baskets.

A nice brunch with our friends over at Good Gravy (she has more hilarious pictures of the day!). 

Homemade center pieces by Abby!

 An outdoor Easter egg hunt

Eating jelly beans and being silly with friends.

 A little ring around the rosie

Until somebody fell down and was doted on by 3 girls.  I think he liked that part!

And then the EVIL bubbles

Here we see the bubble stomp which turned his feet completely green!

 These weren't the evil bubbles-but the non spilling jug of bubbles (my smarter purchase).  Isn't the dress cute.  My husband said it looked like a curtain. 

Take a closer look.  She the large dark green stains down the front of the dress along with the green on the arms and face! 

The green got everywhere! 

So instead of bringing the mess inside.  We brought out warm water and soap to wash them.  And it turned out to be their favorite part of Easter!



Forcing spring!

Forsythia from our yard

Hoping it lasts a few more days for our Easter company!

What I know so far......

about Hershey.  He's short.  Really short.   His feet turn out in a funny goofy way.  He wears a diaper-yes, a diaper.  He likes to mark in the house so he shall wear a diaper until he realizes that you don't pee inside!  He doesn't have a clue what stairs are. He won't go up them and with considerable coaxing he will come down the stairs, but his rear bypasses the front and he ends up in a heap at the bottom.   He could care less that the cat exists, but loves Plumpy's toys.    He adores the kids.  He likes to howl.  A pathetic tiny howl.   He has been home with us one week today and it settling into our routine nicely.

 So embarrassing in my diaper.

and he is really, really cute.

New kid in town!

We don't really know what kind of dog he is.   Something crossed with a Corgi?  Some say Basset Hound,  Sheltie, golden retriever?  Whatever he is his name is Hershey.  The girls have added Kiss to the end.  He is short and sweet and loves kids.  He has added a bit of sunshine to our home!

 He came to us via a NH rescue and was plucked from a shelter in Calhoun County, AL.  He arrived into foster care skinny, full of worms, suffering from a severe, painful ear infection, kennel cough and Giardia.   All potentially deadly diseases.  Actually not potentially- deadly diseases if not treated.  After 6 weeks in foster care Hershey was healthy enough to make the transport to NH.  It took him three days to get here driven by vvolunteers across the country.  Despite his rocky start in life with humans all he wants to do is be around us for a pet on the head, a nap or a hug from a little girl. 

It was love at first sight for the whole family! 

You shall never be lonely again..........

First Garden Post of 2011!

We already have garlic growing from when we planted in the fall!!

I won, I won!

I won the cutest little skirt for Abby from the Custard Shoppe out of Amesbury, MA.

Check out their website here!  Very cute clothes for little girls and boys!

Not blogging much!

I have not been blogging much lately.  Mostly because we had a week+ round of sickness in the house with sore throats, ear infections, coughing etc.   And in the end after taking care of everyone- I got sick too. 

It has also been very "un-spring" like.  Last Friday, big snow storm.  Today cold and rainy.  I think we just needs some sun!!

I looked back at some spring pictures I took from when Abby was young.  Before Miss Livy even came along.    I can't wait to see the yellow of Forsythia out our window!