How to wash dishes at my house (and Larry intro)

I get to do dishes often at my house. Here are some pictures of my awesome "helpers."

First I load the dish washer and my "pre-wash helpers" begin the pre-wash.

 Then on of the helpers swipes a spatula. 

 
Retrieve spatula from thief.

 Turn around to find pup in my dish washer. 
Remove all canines from dishwasher and start.
Repeat 3-4 times daily. 

Here are some (not- dish related) pictures of our newest addition. 

The big black dog is Moe. He is a 3 yr old lab mix.  Moe ate EVERYTHING as a puppy. He ate my deck (Big chunks of it at least) He ate a tree. Really (Ok an over sized sapling but still...) He ate a tree stump- all of it. I vowed to never get a puppy again. SO.... As you can see that didn't last.

Meet Larry.

Larry is a 9 week old mutt. The vet is guessing Airedale terrier and lab. Either way he will be big.  :)

Our 6 yr old helped name the puppy. He really likes the 3 stooges. :)So now we have a Moe and Larry.  My dish pre washers. 

 

Halloween Thank you

I wanted to give our neighbors a little thank you. We have some awesome neighbors! So I altered the traditional trick or treat rhyme and came up with this. The kids will decorate the page and we will give it with a plate of cookies.

Happy Halloween!!!!

Trick or Treat

Don’t miss a beat

Here is Something Good to eat!

WE wanted to say

That we care

We hope this THANK YOU was not a scare!!

 

I hope you all have a fun and safe Halloween!!!!

Orange

On Friday my older brother, Luke, flew out to Afghanistan. I was having kind of a blue day. In an effort to battle the blues I painted orange. Here are some pictures. 

Seeing the color in the tray can be a little shocking.

 But I love it on the wall!

This is little man under the kid table. You can see the wall behind him 

This is the living room. I left all the other walls the light butter yellow. Shane thinks the color is pumpkin. So I cut out a jack o lantern and taped it to the wall. I don’t think it is pumpkin. It’s a cross between melon and sunrise orange. But we will just call it orange :)

 

 

Fairy tale comparison

About 1 ½ years ago I made a life defining purchase. Most purchases that can be seen as “defining” are usually the big ticket items like a house. The type of thing that makes you stop and think “wow, I have a…” But mine is not a house. It is a triple stroller.

Yes, they actually do make them. 

I just was really weird to accept that I needed special equipment to survive the day. It accentuated my oddity. :)

Today I walked the kiddo’s to school. On the return trip I had a 1 ½ yr old, an almost 2 yr old, a 2 ½ yr old and three 4 yr olds. Yep me and 6. I had the 3 little ones in the stroller, but the older kiddo’s were getting tired so I decided to let them take turns ridding with the little one in the back seat. Long story short, I ended up with 6 little butts in a triple stroller. Man alive, was that Heavy!! 

As I was sweating through my unusual cardio, I had an odd realization. This is what the little old lady who lived in a shoe would look like.