St Patricks Day

 I am not a pinterest mom.  I look at pinterest, but I'm not over the top crazy with holidays.  For St Patricks day this year we had Lucky Charms for breakfast - a special green box with only clover marshmallows.  We all wore green shirts - all five of us.  Then for dinner we had green pancakes with bacon and eggs.  The kids loved it and I loved it. Successfuly holiday in my book.

 I did make that St Patricks Day garland/swag/whatever thing.  It was a fun project for Grace and me one day, and it looks cute on my mantle :)  Apparently it makes a fun prop too.

Snow!!

 Last year I bought all of our family snow pants, good gloves, and boots.  Last year it didn't snow.  This year we got one day of snow, and the snow gear finally got put to use.  

 They went out and played for a long time now that they could actually stay warm in the snow (thank goodness I bought the gear big).  Sadly I was sick in bed for the snow, but Brandon got out and had a good time with them and I got some great reports.

Pinewood Derby

 January marked Evan's secone pinewood derby.  This year he made some sort of dragon creature, complete with scales and spikes.

 He had a fabulous time, loved the look of his car, and lost every race.  We were proud of him, because at the end of the night, he said he had a great time and wasn't upset at all.  He wished his car was faster and started coming up with plans for next year, but no regrets for this year which was awesome.

 Every kid got an award just based on the look of the car - Evan scored sharpest.

Finn

Last September we started looking for a dog again.  Grace was asking for Molly back constantly, and the boys both wanted a dog.  After Evan had his seizure, he really wanted a dog so it could sleep in his room and alert us if he has another one.  The week after that we got a cute little bichon named Charlie - who then went on to bite several people in the first few days and we returned him.  While in Hawaii I was still checking websites, and we found a litter of cavachon (bichon and cavalier spaniel) puppies we wanted to check out.  Two days after we got home, this happened.

 These aren't from when we first got him, so he looks a little biger here.  When we brought him home he was a whopping 3.5 lbs.

 My dad and the boys built these gates to lock Finn in the dining room while we worked on potty training.  Worked great til about 2 weeks ago when he learned to jump the gates. Luckily he is doing well with the housetraining.  

 Such a tired dog. He sleeps like this, or on his back.  Very odd.

 What he looks like wet.  He is mostly hair (and it is hair, no shedding which is awesome).

 When wet he looks like a spaniel.

 Dry he looks more like a cotton ball.  

 So much hair you can't even see his eyes.

 He is up to 9 pounds now at 4.5 months of age, so he will never be a big dog.  He is also pretty lazy which works ou great.  The kids adore him and love for him to give them a lick in the face before bed - we think its gross but whatever.  Welcome to the family Finn.