Olivia'a Gift

This is what happens when Olivia feels inspired-she cut off 10 inches of her hair and donated it to Locks of Love! She caught the giving bug from her friend Emma who did the same thing. Liv would not leave Trent and I alone all weekend-so first thing Monday morning it was cut and shipped to Florida to Locks of Love.

I think it actually does look quite cute on her. It's different, but she loves it and always wants me to straighten it. She does not miss her curls at all she claims-neither do I when it's time to brush it out!

And here's Madelyn "Diva" Mason. As soon as we got home from the salon Maddie disappeared and this is what she looked like when we saw her next. She insisted on getting her picture taken-including the back. She did not want to get her hair cut-because she likes to fix it herself too much. And as you can see she's quite good at it. If you can't tell it's plastered with hairspray-a and she tried to brush it all out which only makes curly hair a fro-which that it exactly what her hair is.

These next few shots are random-

The stockings that are now finally complete with Sophies finished and hanging up-It's consumed every free minute I've had for months.

Isn't she cute! She's growing up fast-almost a year old already!

Guilt

Okay-so here it goes "I've got human guilt"-it's similar to white guilt, only it's not based on race but on species. Since my last post on squirrels (who are now my good friends) I have learned some very sad news. NPR aired a story on how a very large percentage of brown squirrels in the north east will not survive this winter due to lack of food-starvation. The acorn which sustains them through the long cold months, was in very, very low production this year. When I heard this I felt terrible. How many times had I shooed away the starving squirrels from the feeders? I even went so far as to send my ferocious dog out after them. (Don't worry he never even got close -I'm not even sure he knew what he was suppose to chase after. ) So now I'm giving the squirrels their reparations. I went and bought specific squirrel feed-with peanuts included.

Here they are after a snow fall digging through the snow to get their feed.

Aren't they cute? Look at the little corn kernel she's holding! I seriously watch them all day now-trying to make up for all the wrong I've done.

Look at the snow on her little whiskers

I think this women created the "human guilt" in me. From the beginning we were taught to love animals, so it should be no surprise the outcome of my squirrel saga.

My mom and Aunt Kitty came to visit us this past week. It was so fun. She never stays long enough though. We had a good time together. Trent especially had a good time........

Trent has always questioned my moms love for him and when asked to prove her love that is what she did. And Kitty wanted in on the action too. My mom got pretty wild here. True Story

Girls saying their goodbyes. Olivia drew her some pictures for her to study on the drive back to Michigan. (she really did need to study them to figure out what they were)

Goodbyes

Sophie expressing how we all felt when Grandma had to leave-please come back soon.