~Playing With the Dogs~

This is Map (inside joke). 

This is Map,

Map likes his hat,

When dog got his hat,

He was a very angry cat.

(OK, not really a cat, but it rhymed)

This is Orea attacking Map.

Oreo chasing Child.

Good, Oreo, good dog!

BAD DOG!  No, it really didn't hurt that bad. . .

Remember when I said Map was an angry cat when the dog got his hat?

Picture proof. 

Oreo took Map's hat & ran all around the yard.

Twirls trying to retrieve hat. . .

Not sure where the hat is, but Oreo & Map are wrestling. . .

There's the hat!  Child holding the hat away from Oreo, while Map is on the ground.

Child keeping the hat away from Oreo.

Eventually the hat was returned, however when we returned to my house, a half an hour game of keep-away began.  It consisted of keeping Map's hat & shoe away from him.  He was a very good sport about it & we all ran around.  I have a feeling that 4 against 1 isn't very fair, but no one really seemed to mind.

=)

~For All Moms. . .~

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY TO ALL MOMS!

=)

~This Will Do~

Well, I don't have any pictures (since I haven't really done anything picture worthy) but I thought I should update my blog & give everyone a sense of what's been going on.  I figured I could just to a journal post...yeah, this will do.

So, it's Saturday...OK...yeah...

Well, not much has been going on the last few days.  As you know, Mom & the sibs left on the 2nd, & I've been here with my grandparents.  I've been able to spend time with them & my baby cousin 'Odie' and his mommy Aunt A.  Other than that, I've been hanging out with the neighbor kids.

At night I Skype with my Mom & Dad, & it was nice last night to get to see EVERYONE (except me) in the same place.  It was kinda weird to think that our little family of 5 was spread out between Ohio & North Dakota...

The weather in Ohio has been WAY better than the weather in North Dakota.  They got some snow yesterday while we got some rain.  Unfortunately, I think all my making fun of them brought my karma...  Today the temperature was 40s with the windchill ; without the windchill it may have been 50s.  Then it decided to sprinkle here & there.  Not very long, just enough to chill you.  Now, it was cold, but not NEARLY as cold as what I have experienced this past winter.  It was also my first day back on the job as a ZooAide.  Though I was freezing my butt off (since I didn't have long pants) I tried not to complain too much since I know it could be WAY worse! 

Not much else to report. . .

Hopfully I'll have some post that's worth typing up by then.  If not, I'll give another journal post (as I call them) . . . . .

=)

~Yes, We All Hang Out~

Well, since my mom & sibs left Ohio on the 2nd of May,  I have been spending time with the neighbors across the street.  Even though I can be crazy at times (haha) we all still hang out!

Me & Twirls. . .

Hanging out in the sun (while ND is supposed to get 6-8 inches of snow. HAHAHA!)

Smiles from Twirls & me. . .

Me & Awesome-Dude!

After playing some basketball with Awesome-Dude & Twirls, we . . .

. . .caught butterflies!  *ok, not really - there weren't any around, but it was fun jumping*! lol

. . .Twirls spun Awesome-Dude on the swing. . .

AAAAHHHH!!!!

Hanging out a few days before - without our swimsuits. . .

Me & Twirls

Twirls & Awesome-Dude wanna say hi to all my family!

=)

~A Cousin-Filled Weekend~

Well, Mom & the sibs left Pickerington on Friday & we all (Mom & the sibs, Gma & Gpa Jackson, & me) went up to Dayton to spend some time with our cousins.  I spent alot of time with the youngest of the bunch (twins) 'Little Man' & 'Princess'.

Me & Princess

Me & Little Man.  I love his red hair!

Princess wanted to put my necklace on & take a picture. I couldn't get her to take that sucker out of her mouth!  =P

He's so cute!  =)

We went to my oldest younger cousin's soccer game. . .

Then we all stayed the night. 

Me, Princess, & Gma Jackson

Upstairs was Spider Man hanging from a vent. . .

Spider Man to the rescue!!! =D

I asked Princess to 'smile big' & this is what I got!  Too cute!

That's a smile!

She just loves smiling in different ways! lol!

We had a great time spending time with our cousins. There are four of them in that bunch, I spent all my time with the two youngests (twins) Little Man & Princess. 

=)

~Days Spent with the Miller Family!~

Before my mom & sibs left this morning to return to North Dakota, we spent a lot of time with the Miller family this past week!  We have had an amazing time with them & I can't wait to do things with them over the summer!

Erin, Lindy (my mini-me), & me...

Lindy (my mini-me-) & me...

We don't even wear matching socks!!!  =D

Erin & me. . .  isn't she just ADORE-able!!!

Kenzie, Lindy, & me. . .

After eating subs from Subway & hanging out, we decided to go upstairs & I let the girls do hair styles on me.  Let's just say in the end my head was sore from all the pulling & tugging to get my hair to go the way they wanted it to. . .

Lindy did this one on her own. . .

Then it was on to me. . . joy!  :P

The back of the first hair style.  Good job, Lindy! lol!  =)

Start of the second hair style. . . nothing major, right ? ? ?

. . . . . THINK AGAIN!  I have been told it's the modern 'Pippy Longstocking' look! hahahaha!  Good job, Paige, Kenzie, & Lindy!

Third hair style.  Lindy did a balet bun.  It looked really good!

Paige did the 'cute & colorful' look!  It was very cute & fun!  Great job, Paige! =D

Since Lindy helped with so many hairstyles on me, I did one on her!  You look cute, adoptive-little-sis!

Since we love hanging out with the Millers, we wanted to get together another time.  So we met up at a park in Westerville (I can't remember the name of it at all!).

From front to back: Erin, Lindy, Paige, & Kenzie

Erin did a balancing act while holding her mommy's hand!

So pretty!

. . . unless you're me & you 'accidentally' drop a water bottle on the other side & have to go get it because you don't want to litter!  DUH! ;)

From left to right: Erin, Lindy, Kenzie, Paige, & me. . .

Paige & I ;)  <3

The boys: Ethan & Zack. . . they were looking at fish & doing other boy stuff!

We had an awesome week hanging out with you guys!

=)