Sugar??....and Spice

Mia helped Amanda make goody bags for Maddox's preschool Halloween party. Now, Mia is not really what you might call much of a girlie girl. She likes to get right in there and really involve herself in whatever it is she is doing. You can generally get a pretty good sense of what Mia has done during the day just by examining her face, clothes and hair! Well, take a look at the pic and you'll see what I mean.......

BEFORE

AFTER

Than goodness for Mr. Bubble and Johnson and Johnson!

Slinky Springs & Things

A Stump For A Tail

You can't buy loyalty, they say,
I bought it though, the other day;
You can't buy friendship, tried and true,
Well, just the same, I bought that too. 

I bought a single, trusting heart,
That gave devotion from the start.
If you think these things are not for sale,
Buy a brown-eyed puppy with a stump for a tail.

Author unknown.

The one thing that this poem doesn't tell you is that boxers remain at about the level of a three year old child both emotionally and behaviorally for a very long time. They are goofy and endlessly busy! This is Emmy's latest adventure with a small plastic slinky. She played with it much longer than the kids did. Gotta love her!

Santa Claus '08

This a Santa that I started last year and finally finished up over the summer. I have a new one started and hope to finish him up within the next several weeks. If I find time I will try to post some pics of him in the works.....I wish that my feelings of creativity were more in sync with my free time. I would surely get more accomplished! It always seems as though whenever I have some free time, I am not in the mood to sculpt.