Paisley

Things didn't end up working out well for us and having a dog. My kids loved paisley. Camie never complained about having to take care of her. 

But Gavin was relentless. He would pull her tail. Sit on her. I really don't think he was trying to be mean, but he kind of was. And paisley was fed up with it. She started nipping at him. And regardless of how long he had to stand in the corner, how many times I tried to get him to be nice to her, nothing worked. I ended up being referee way too much. 

And one evening when he was playing/picking on her, she bit. She got him good. And as much as he probably deserved it, I can't have this going on in my home. 

We all cried. We tried to justify keeping her. But in the end we decided it was best for our family AND paisley if we found her a new home. 

I put an announcement on my HOA Facebook page and the next day she had a new home. Hopefully a home that can give her the love she deserves without a 3 year old tormentor. I felt good about her new home and the people we gave her to. 

But my kids were sad. So sad. Spencer even asked me later if I was going to get rid of him if he didn't behave. I assured him I would not, but that if he hurt one of his siblings like paisley hurt Gavin, something serious would have to happen. However he is not a dog and that changes everything. 

I'm not too crazy about having a dog, but that has nothing to do with finding paisley a new home. We just have to wait till Gavin is older and until I'm ready to take on another dog. Cause they aren't easy. 

Spring Break

We spent spring break at my parents. Originally it was going to be me and my children and Jana Humpherys and her children. Well, Eric couldn't resist spending a week with me at my parents home (Eric is my brother) so he left his wife and 1 week baby at home and brought his other 3 children. So nice to give his wife a break. And then Michael, also my brother, decided to come up and visit with his family since we were all going to be there. Charles, yet another of my brothers, talked my sister Bonnie into coming. It ended up being 7 of us 8 kids and Jana. We had so much fun. Watched lots of movies, painted my moms sewing room, watched movies, went on walks, ate ice cream, and had fun hanging out. 

Charles' wife,amber, had her baby while we were there. This is a picture the day before she delivered. 

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St Patricks Day

I didn't take enough pictures! We had a great green day. Mostly green food. Green pancakes for breakfast. Green rolls for lunch in place of the sandwich and green cookies. Green Hawaiian haystacks for supper. 

The kids had fun painting and decorating their leprechaun boxes. And then enjoying the treasures after the leprechauns came. 

Those little leprechauns left feet prints all over the floor. Over turned our living room furniture. I'm assuming they weren't too happy about having to give my kids some of the treasures. 

You'd think it was Christmas morning by the way my kids wake up and can't wait to go downstairs. Except I never told them they couldn't go downstairs. But they assumed and I was okay with that. Danielle was perhaps the most excited and woke everyone up.