She's Mastered the Art of Stairs

If we can't find Raya we know where to look....she is heading upstairs to experience some freedom. She loves to climb the stairs and is really good at it. She hasn't fallen....yet, although I am really nervous about it. We have gates at the top of the stairs but not in the basement so it's wide open for her to climb. Perfect for a monkey like her.







Like the teeth!! More on the way.



She fooled me the other day and was hiding in the entertainment unit...Man, we had it easy with Hallie.

A new kind of Crazy

Yesterday I was sitting on the couch nursing Raya and the living room window was open. I could here this guy talking really loudly for a few minutes before he was in my line of vision. He stopped in front of my yard and I was waiting for his kids to catch up to him, but they didn't. He kept talking and I couldn't see anyone or anything around. I eventually stood up and saw...I am not kidding you...TWO farrets on my lawn that were on leashes. Buddy was walking his farrots (or how ever you spell that). I have often thought my mom (along with other dog owners) was a little crazy for talking to her dogs so much and treating them as though they were children, but this, this takes the cake by a long shot!!! This guy had two little tiny weasel things on a string and was talking like I would talk to Hallie and Raya. Then, here is the kicker, he picks them up and shoves them in this little tiny cooler thing (with a mesh door so they can see and breath) to carry them across the street. I called for Chris to take a picture but by the time he got the camara out it was too late. Hallie saw them and thinks they'd be great pets...ha ha. Just the thought of it makes Chris shake....me too truthfully.

A Wonderful Weekend...with no pictures to prove it :(

We had a wonderful weekend and forgot to take the camara everywhere we went. On Sunday morning we had our own church at Fish Creek Park. It was amazing. To stand in the middle of the city and see such amazing beauty is too much for words. Hallie had a blast. She threw rocks and sticks in to the river and anytime we past a tree and lost track of the river for a minute, she thought it was a new river that we were seeing again. On the way back towards the van we played Dora...she was Dora, her stick was the map and I was the Bird. I had to take the Map to the tallest mountain (on top of my head) and she would come and get it after going through the Corn Field (tall dead grass field). It was fun...for Hallie anyway. And the smiles and laughs were great. Raya slept half of the time we were there and then woke up and enjoyed the sun with us.

Sunday night was Guys Night and they played hoops and then came here and ordered pizza. It was pretty good...considering I'm not a guy.

On Friday night we had alot of company over for dinner and to watch the hockey game. That game I must say was better than Sunday nights!! Hopefully the Flames win tonight!

Today is Mom and Tots and the office for me...busy busy. And work, and clean and cook and bath the kids and ..... OH YA, at the end of it all I get a massage tonight at 7:45!!!! That is called a light at the end of the tunnel.