Over the weekend we took the kids to a dog show so that they could see one and we could look at some “show” quality Chihuahuas. To be perfectly honest I didn’t like all the show dogs. The body types were more toward the chubby side and I prefer the slimmer version that was more like Coco. However we did end up picking up two puppies that were not “show” quality and were more for pets. I will post pictures of them as soon as I pull them from the camera.
Yesterday evening we were working on some repairs to the shed on the property. All of us were outside along with all the dogs. For some reason Coco wandered further away than she ever has before and into the road. Unfortunately she was hit by a car and killed. This was a devastating loss for A as well as Mom. I am also deeply saddened by this and don’t understand why she wandered off that far and into the road
We will greatly miss Coco as she was an awesome dog and very much loved by everyone.
At the time of this writing, there are 7 days left until we close on the new place. Since the Grandmother in-law has moved in with us ( Moms grandmother ) we have determined we need a larger place for all of us to live. This decision wasn’t arrive to lightly nor without some in-fighting over money and expenses. We have purchased a place that is a single family home on 2.9 acres. The house is about 3,100 sqft and has an in-law suite which the Grandmother will be occupying.
There are 7 days until we close and start prepping the new place to be moved into. Hopefully things will go well ( yeah right ) and the kids will enjoy the new place.
The wife took the kids camping in Montebello Virginia for a week. I was not able to go for the full week but ended up driving down there Friday evening and leaving with everyone Saturday evening. The wife also was camping with another family who had 3 kids of their own. Over all they seemed to have a good time and enjoyed themselves with A being able to go horseback riding and everyone swimming in a lake.
The link for the images is here.
School is out for A and summer is now here. The first planned event for the summer is for A and N to go camping with As Girl Scout troop down south in the middle of VA.
Since I bought the kids both CamelBak water packs once they return I plan on taking them on a hike on the C&O Canal. There are some trails there that are easy walks and should be good for the kids.
There are also a few more Girl Scout camping trips planned and we will see what other events we can come up with for the summer.
One advantage of living with a geek dad is that everyone gets to enjoy technology and hardware. Today I decided to get both the kids an EeePC made by ASUS. Both have dual core Intel Atom processors running at 1.6ghz, 1 gig of ram, and a 160 gb hard drive. Both systems each also have built in microphones and a web cam. Though now my daughter wants to know when I’m going to travel again so I can call her and use the web cam.
Yes, I have been slow updating any status or images. Mom has taken some images but hasn’t posted them. I am also collecting some of the older digital photos and I will post them as I catalog them.
I also updated wordpress to 2.8.3.
For Easter we took A and N to one of their grandmothers house. They had fun looking for eggs that the Easter Bunny left behind, though A knows it’s not a real bunny and it’s a person.
Pictures are available here.
It looks like there is an issue with the gallery because picture sets are not being displayed in Internet Explorer. For some reason it works perfectly fine in Firefox. I will have to work in it and see if i can find the answer.
N turned 3 years old!
We had his birthday party at Chuck E Cheese’s. He enjoyed it, though I think the best part was getting to play video games most of the time with Dad and spending tokens. He also enjoyed collecting tickets, but he didn’t really seem to care as much. He just wanted to try out and play games. We played this one game where you pretended you were a fire fighter and had to manipulate this somewhat fake hose and aim it to put out the fires. He really really loved that game. All in all it was a fun time. We went to Fufus house afterwards and he got to play around there and get more presents. He got these Mega Blocks Diego sets, one was an underwater adventure and the other was a jungle adventure, that he loved playing with. He also got some Thomas the Tank Engine tracks with the water tower that he loved.
Now he just needs to find a place to put them all.
