Here's our goofy girl, affectionately called, "The Street Rat". In this picture she is hanging her head upside down, and laying on one of our oversized couches. She isn't allowed up there, and she knows it. Our computer and bathroom are on the second floor and when she hears my foot step on the stairway she quickly jumps down off the couch, never to be spotted by me with her hands red! All I can see are traces of black fur and a warm space on the couch! What a little rascal--now you know where she gets her nickname. Other than being overly aggressive when it comes to her bone (Nylabone needs a new level for our chewer), she is really quite sweet and will cuddle up to Stefan or me whenever we sit down on the floor. Not only that, but she is the most free-spirited dog I've ever known, and although it can be annoying sometimes (wagging her tail 100mph (thats 160km/hr for you Canadian folks) so that it slaps Arjax in the face) and jumping over 4 feet on our sliding glass back door, we love her. Sometimes.
My children have recently become enthralled in the world of board games. I was never a board game player. Sure, I remember long summer hours (days? it seemed like it..) spent around a Monopoly board, but I was never one to suggest to get out the cards, or a game. As my children have grown and they are now able to do activities with me, I started noticing that they really took to puzzles (when done all together) and the one or two board games I happened to have kept in the storage room. They were always asking to play Candy Land and so I figured I should branch off a bit. Over the course of the last year, I have found GREAT games, even ones that I love to play alongside them. The amount of 'teaching' they have gotten through games is jaw-dropping. Counting, team-playing, math related patterning, are just some of the skills I've watched develop. I asked before Christmas on facebook what my friends and their own kids loved and I was thrilled with the response. We have found ov...
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