60 lb dog?

When we adopted Windsor from Small Dog Rescue of MN, they told us he would not be a small dog.  They warned us that he would easily be a 60 lb dog!  Of course, when he was just a puppy, it was hard to tell.  I kept telling everyone that he was so short, I did not see a 60 lb dog in him!   

And it turns out that I was right.  At nine months of age, Windsor stands about calf-high!  He is very short and long.  He is the PERFECT size for a house dog!  He is pretty solid and weighs close to 30 pounds but he is no where near 60 lbs! 

Windsor falls somewhere between sweet pup and gremlin.  One minute, he is cute and cuddly and the next, he is evil.  By evil, I mean he jumps up on people and small children, he eats plants (and trees!), he cannot tell the difference between his chew toys and the kid's toys.  Oh...and he still sometimes poops on my floor.  See what I mean?  Part Gremlin.  

Although I could do without the poop, I'm not sure how we'd get by without Windsor! 

Blog-a-thon Day 2 Summer Checklist

Chase my little brother, run from my big sister.

Check.

Become terrified of the Santa Claus wearing black crocs and duct taped boots.

Check.

Run through the sprinkler.

Check.

Ride side-car with my big sis.

Check.

Finish the summer reading list.

Not quite.

Go on a High Seas Expedition at Bethel's Vacation Bible School.

Check.

Catch some rays.

Check.

Catch some fish. And blow some bubbles.

Check and Check.

Mow the lawn.

Check.

Blog-a-thon Day 1.

Happy birthday to my brother, Tyler! Both of these pictures are of him with sweet Madison. When did she get so big??

I honestly believe that Little Madison has more hair than Tyler does in this picture!

Ty - I hope you have a fabulous day! Happy Birthday.

I am just a little crazy

I admit it.

I have been busy. Busy chasing the kiddos around the playground at Cozy Corners. Busy drinking cold ones and re-living our college days around the campfire. Busy floating on an air mattress in Kron's Bay. Busy applying sunscreen to little noses, bellies, and legs. Busy kickin' back in the 'ole Glastron.

Too busy to keep my floors pet-hair free. Too busy to keep the sink free of dirty dishes. Too busy to dust. Too busy tackle that summer reading list. Too busy to scrapbook (GASP!)

I've even been too busy to post to the blog on a consistent basis.

It has been time well wasted.

So in the month of September, it is my goal to rectify the lack of consistent blogging by joining http://thecarstensclan.blogspot.com/ in her September blog-a-thon. 30 days of *hopefully* daily blogging.

The floors, dishes and dustbunnies? Well...they will still be there at the end of the month.

Wanna join in the fun?

Head over to http://mama23bears.blogspot.com/p/september-blog-thon.html to join the fun and grab the code for the button!

Camper Update

We finally have some good news on the camper! The camper was totaled out as a result of the hailstorm in July. I am still amazed at how much glass I found inside the camper. I literaly had to vacuum everything out and it took me HOURS. The windows must have just exploded when the hail hit - as there was glass from one end of our camper to the other. Even after lots of vacuuming, we wore our shoes in the camper for several weekends before we felt it was safe to go barefoot.

The sides of the camper looks like Justin Morneau and Joe Mauer took batting practice next to it. It is just full of dents!

Our insurance company was dealing with so many damaged campers that they did not want to try to salvage our's at all. So, they sent us a check to pay us to the policy limits and told us we were free to keep the camper and do what we wanted with it.

That left us with a decision - do we hang on to it or do we trade it in for something else? Ultimately we decided to hang on to the camper. Essentially it is a totally free camper after our insurance payout. We felt like we could spend a minimal amount of money to fix the windows, vents and to patch the roof. We hope to get 3-5 years out of it. We figure in 3-5 yers we will either be ready to upgrade to something bigger or we will be so busy with kid's activities that we will need to get out of it for a few years.

So - we found or pot of gold, albeit small, at the end of the rainbow. It feels good to have decisions made and know that we will still get to enjoy our camper - for as long as that roof holds!

There you have it! A happy ending for our 2000 Fleetwood Mallard.

New words

Cameron has been a little slow to talk, at least in comparison to his big sister. She came out talking and hasn't quit yet! Lately, Cameron has been surprising us with all of the words he knows. He has been saying new words and shocking us right out of the blue!

His words:

Ball (His favorite word!)

Ootball (Football)

Oh Ack Oh (Go Pack Go!)

Shirt

Blue

Bird

Boat

Ush eeth (brush teeth)

Fishy

Ookie (cookie)

More! (his second favorite word!)

Indsor (Windsor)

Mama, mommy, Mom

Dada, Daddy, Dad

Grandma

Grandpa

Ister (sister)

No

Uh Ah

Nuk

Book

Shooz (shoes)

He is also a little parrot and will repeat words from time to time. We recently bought a new truck with Ford Sync. Mike turned on Sync and it said "Bluetooth Audio" when suddenly from the backseat we heard Cameron say "bluetooth!"

Little Diva

Madison is my girly-girl. Right now - she is really into manicures and pedicures. The most important aspect of both is most certainly the nail polish!

She loves to have her nails done - and loves to paint the nails on her dolls as well. We have to watch the nail polish carefully or it ends up spilled on the carpet. Painting nails is most certainly an outdoor activity!

The best part about our mini mani's and pedi's? It's what Madison calls the nail polish. She gets a littl confused and calls it "Paint Nailish."