Humphrey came back!

Ava's class pet, Humphrey, came to visit for the weekend again!

 He scares the liver out of mom, but Ava sure is happy!

Our Puppy, Gus! (Or Augustus) as Grandpa Sheridan calls him.....

This is how this is supposed to be used, right???  (They sure like their new fort!)

Gus loves the snow!

This was my handwriting lesson this week.  Apparently our Gus has a reputation....(He should have been named Houdini!  He has managed to jump over all the baby gates!)

Gus is 12 Weeks Old!

We will miss our friend, Paul!

I am absolutely positive we had the best childhood ever. We were lucky enough to live across the street from our best friends! We spent every free moment running around the neighborhood and going on all kinds of adventures! Between inventing our own games, putting on plays, traveling the neighborhood trying to sell Twizzlers (our parents didn't like that one very much), to forming our own club which had nickel dues that would one day be used for all of us to purchase an RV in order to travel to Florida, we were always together and "up to something". Paul and Claire Rutkowske were such an  important part of our childhood! Joe and I were so lucky to grow up with them!

A Boy and His Dog!

Sledding with Mom!

Getting Some Fresh Air...and Gus some exercise!

Gus Update-10 Weeks Old!

 Gus is doing great!  He is almost 10 weeks old (on Sat) and had his first vet appointment.  He is still having a few accidents around the house now and then, but for the most part... knows where to go to do his job.  He is sleeping really well at night... he gets up once around 2 am for about an hour and then goes back to sleep until 5:30 am.  (Not much different then dealing with our 3 kids!) :-)  He loves to play and chew on his toys... (sometimes he nips at the kids.... were working on that) And doesn't care for the cold very much... can you blame him?  We converted our "shoe closet" into his bedroom and so far he is pretty happy to go there throughout the day.  He is still sleeping in a large cardboard box in our room.  And seems very content. (He never barks or whimpers in the night.  I usually only know he is up and ready to go out because I hear him stirring in the box.)

 

 

 

 

Our Family-2016!

Meet Our New Puppy-- Gus (or Gus Gus!)

Breed: American Boarder Spaniel

Born: November 7, 2015 (Sara's Birthday!!!)

Mother: American Border Collie

Father: American Springer Spaniel

We had quite a debate over what to name our new little addition.  

Moms choices were Charlie, Jack, Jake, Duke, Porkchop.

Ryan wanted Gumball and Spot.

Ava wanted Dash, Buddy or Gus.

Kyle wanted a name the kids picked out.  

Gus or Gus Gus (the mouse from Cinderella) won out!