Well, as you all well know I have dropped off the face of the blogging world except to throw in a few b-day shout-outs now and then. So I am trying to think of what's been going on. Well, we almost finished our yard. We live on a corner lot, so we have a lot of flower beds. Last year we tackled our huge front flower bed and this year we are doing all of the rest. We got 8 yards of mulch! It is cedar, so I love the smell, it isn't that poopy smelling crap. Literally! The one reason I hate spring in the Woodlands is you'll be taking a walk, think Allegra just made a nice stinky and what do you know, someone has new mulch in their yard. It really is quite disgusting. Gianluca always says "eeewww, someone just got mulch. It smells like poop!" So back to our yard. We laid down that black tarp sun-out stuff which is really a huge pain in the you know what! You have to cut around all of your bushes and trees and pin them all down. It takes forever! But it's worth it so we don't have to deal w/ the weeds! So anyways, we finished that. Got the kids a sandbox and a little house, and a slide to play w/ in the backyard. It is so nice to just put the kids out there to play... EXCEPT FOR OUR DOG!!!
Bella (our puppy) has been a big pain in the butt lately! I have been her biggest advocate since we got her, but now I think I am starting to change my mind! Not only does she have mange, but we all are itchy! I take her in every two weeks for a shot and it's almost done. Next week should be the last. To say the least, I've learned my lesson. THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS A FREE DOG PEOPLE!!! So as if that weren't bad enough, Joel is always giving me crap about her because she's not potty trained, our house is beginning to smell like pee, he's itching, and she isn't the brightest star in the sky. Of course I know, she's a puppy. It's not her fault. But the fact that she's jumping on the kids and destroying my backyard and newly planted plants... I think I might just kill her!!! I now just laugh when Joel makes fun of her-- I used to defend her. I'm a bad pet owner!!! I think I'm just a little overwhelmed here. Joel, I'm not saying this again... You were right about the dog! We aren't ready!
What else, I've had the stomach flu twice, Allegra had it once. She woke up in the middle of the night crying. When I went in there she said "Mama, a mess! a mess!!" I turned on the light and there was a nice throw-up mess. She took a bath and stayed up for two hours like nothing ever happened. Laughing and watching cartoons, while I was washing her only blankey that she can't sleep w/out. She was sick for 4 more days. And let's just say the runny poop was not fun to clean up!!! Too much info. I'm sorry. Somehow The Dude and Joel have escaped this nasty stuff!!! But, the Dude has not escaped getting into trouble. He is the master of disaster. He and his buddy Aidan (all under their father's supervision might I add) locked themselves in the bathroom, filled up the sinks, and threw wet soggy toilet paper all over the bathroom. Allegra was also in on it! So the photo w/ t.p. covering my nice picture is just a nice example of the maham that occured. I asked Joel, were you not watching them? "I did.. but I was also watching the movie like YOU suggested I do." Me- "well I didn't say to not watch the kids!!!" Fun times, fun times!
Any big events? The dude had a field trip to a petting zoo. He loved it! It was so fun to see him run around w/ the animals and the crazy goat who walked on the fence. Easter of course. Lots of eggs and candy. But other than that... nada mucho! So I will be better about updating now. Sorry for the huge vent session!!! Here's a slideshow w/ all of the pics. Have a great weekend!
