Freyja

I have the best dog ever! Freyja  is constantly by Levi's side. When he pulls her hair, she licks his face to make him let go! He of course thinks she is hilarious when she catches a ball, plays with Isis or pants in his face.
 
However, Levi does not think she is funny all the time. Like when Levi is playing with the doggie door. Usually Freyja is careful when she comes in the doggie door now, but sometimes she forgets and runs over Levi.  He will eventually learn to not hang out by the doggie door.

As of today Levi is 8 months old!

Snow Day 4

Cabin Fever is setting in now. How do people up north do this all the time?
Today we got actual snow, not just ice. So of course I have pictures to share! Last year you saw, Isis and Emma. For the most part those 2 stayed inside as much as possible. We have a new dog that we rescued in July. She is a white German Shepherd named Freyja.

 Freyja spent most of the day outside, guarding our fence perimeter. She also spent a great deal of time rooting in the snow like a pig. In the picture below, you can see the snow on her nose from doing just that. You can also see a pink towel behind her. It was an old towel we kept by the back door to wipe mud off the feet. (Weather of any kind does not seem to bother Freyja in the least.) Well one day Freyja decided that the towel would be her favorite blanky. She drags the towel in the doggie door and out the doggie door, just like a child with a favorite blanky. Sadly, now the towel has frozen solid and shattered into a million pieces, all over the yard.

After watching Freyja frolic in the snow for awhile, we made puzzle bread (or Monkey bread). We added a twist though, apples. ...to make it healthier you know...

It was yummy!
Then a nap was in order.
We also did laundry.  : (














Finally I finished binding my signature quilt. I had my students from my former school sign it before I left. The white spots you see on the block closeups are where I erased the student's names.

Emma and Freyja helped me as always!

"Party like a Rockstar"

"I will miss you" and "I am Indian"

My students are proud of their ethnicity, as they should be. I will now take the quilt to school and let the kids use it during reading time or wrap up in it when the A/C is set on 60'. (I don't have thermostat control, or it would be 75' year round)

All in all a pretty good day. 

Snow Days!

I heard on the news today that Hawaii is the only state in the US that doesn't have snow on the ground today! I got around 7inches of snow on my street! DFW area got between 6-12" of snow. We have only had that much snow one other time in Texas' recorded history! School was canceled on Friday so Jesse and I took a walk with the dogs, down to the park at the end of our street.

I couldn't get over how pretty everything was. I didn't even mind the cold.

  

My Yorkie trudged through the snow eagerly... once I threw a treat for her to find.

  It wasn't easy going but she was a trooper.

Isn't that the cutest face you ever saw?

She eventually got tuckered out and had to be carried.
Not Isis though...

 

She found her treats in the snow too.