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Olive, Day 11
When you leave the room for a minute and don’t hear the dog so you rush back in hoping she’s not doing anything bad… Not this time anyway.
Practicing wearing a collar!
nnaKatie’s 4th grade open house
I loved seeing Katie interact with her teacher—who gave sass right back to Katie! Both her teachers had great things to say about her.
Owen went with us because he wanted to “check out his old stomping grounds” and visited with his third and fifth grade teachers! He’s now taller than both of them!
Olive, Day 10
Let’s see what she thinks of the front yard…
In this one she looks eerily like Maggie.
Mom I don’t like this. Save me.
I know I shouldn’t let her do this but at least it’s not my toes AND they’re Owen’s shoes.
Sleepy puppy…
And then the next nap…
Tonight she started chasing!
Life with a 9 year old
Nine is ungrateful. Minutes after returning home from a playdate, Nine will beg to have the next door neighbors over. When you explain why that’s not possible tonight, in a ridiculously kind and patient manner, Nine will sigh loudly and snidely mutter something about life being unfair. No matter how many toys or friends or things Nine has, it will never be enough.
https://www.scarymommy.com/this-is-9-year-old
Olive, Day 9 — Happy Mother’s Day
She crawls into her bed when she’s tired.
I posted some pics and a little story (unseen in photo) about Olive in a Boston Terrier Facebook group and got quite a few likes!
In honor of Mother’s Day
Left, sophomore year. Right, about age 3-4?
Olive, Day 8
Yes these will eventually taper off but right now she is just so damn cute.
Her first trip to the park! She needs to start getting used to her harness and a leash!
Anna let us borrow her cat sweatshirt.
My first batch of frozen strawberry margaritas this year!
If you want to join me on Be.Real—https://bere.al/jenhudson2001
Tell me you have a puppy without telling me you have a puppy.
Olive, Day 7
Cinco de Drinko
Olive, Day 6
Olive, Day 5
She loved her Snuggle Puppy immediately. It is warm and has a heartbeat.
7th grade open house
Owen’s homeroom teacher, Mrs. Ancona. We love her. Pretend his eyes are open.
My lilacs are coming!
Olive, Day 4 — The kids were home sick…
Which means they got puppy duty so I could get some work done in the office!
Olive, Day 3 — alone with mom!
I’m stuck. Send help! Olive’s first nap of the day…at 8:40am. How am I supposed to get any work done?!
Still napping at 9:04 but moved around a bit.
Okay let’s try to work. I thought I could keep her on my lap while I worked. Ha. Nope. She wanted to be IN MY ARMS. So I tried working with one hand.
And then she woke up and wouldn’t settle so I put her in her crate for about 30 minutes. She whined a lot and then I came out to…A HUGE MESS. (I’ll spare you a photo.) But she had pooped on her pad and walked through it.
So I had to wash her blankets and toys and bed…and give her a bath…which she did not like. I actually did it in a mixing bowl because she’s sooo small and our laundry sink is big.
And then she was cold and wiped out so it was nap time again (12:15).
She’s so cute whole she sleeps. Because puppy.
And look at her teeny feets!
Play time! She loves hair!
Nap time again (1:40).
Mom wants me to chew on this instead of her fingers. Boooooo!
Another nap (3:30).
Owen’s home!
A teething ring bigger than her head!
Tom’s turn!
Look what we discovered?! A perfect black dot — an olive?! — on her hind paw!!
Olive, Day 2
The kids took the overnight shift so were still with her in the morning.
We were trying to keep her awake so she’d sleep more at night…but she was so tired she fell asleep like this:
48 is better than 44!
Who’d have thought I’d look younger (better!) at age 48 than at 44? Anti-aging skincare and makeup? Yes please and thank you very much.
Also? Way more personal confidence, makeup application confidence, and business confidence.
Also? I just had one of my top five sales months while celebrating my fifth year with SeneGence.
Can I get a whoop whoop?!
Introducing…Olive!
I loved Maggie fiercely and was devastated when we had to put her to sleep earlier this year. I knew we’d get another Boston Terrier eventually, but I wasn’t ready quite so soon (just over two months).
Emotionally I was okay but I was really enjoying having NOTHING to take care of (kids don’t really count as they mostly take care of themselves). Tom wasn’t thinking about that—he just wanted a puppy. But guess who’s going to be home with her ALL DAY EVERY DAY?! (You know if I would have told Tom I was getting him a new daily job he would have said oh hell no, right?!)
That said, I did kind of miss having SOMETHING around the house. And she IS super cute…I’ll give her that. This is the first photo we got of her:
We stopped in Normal on the way back and had dinner with Marie and Gabi!
Meeting Anna.
I think I’m going to attract boys.
I told Katie that I thought she was going to get a few comments today because she’s dressed up for school pics (vs her usual sweats and ponytail). Her response?
“I think I’m going to attract boys.”
And an outtake:
Michigan Egg Hunt
Katie was ready at 5am—she’s ALL about the egg hunt. And I think Owen is about over it.
And then the ever important opening and sorting process.
Picking Pysanky “rejects”
Going through the pysanky my mom calls the “rejects” and picking some heirlooms. They are gorgeous. Next visit will be the “good” eggs.
These were some of the “better” ones:
Also, can someone please stop time?
When she actually washes her hair (and doesn’t put it in a ponytail) and wears real clothes (not sweats and wrinkled clothes), she looks like a real girl (as opposed to a grungy kid).
Now pysanky is happening!
Gramma bought each kid their own pysanky kit and gave them each their second lesson tonight! They each wanted to do an egg for Ukraine!
Art is happening!
Yes, Candyland.
Katie still loves Candyland. Makes me crazy but gramma still plays along!
I’m not kidding when I tell you how long these products last.
I started using the Dry line on October 27, which puts me at just over five months so far for the evening moisturizer…and I just moved the last of it into the pump bottle which means I have at least another month or two! And honestly there’s probably 2-3 days worth left in the original jar!
I love a Brazilian blowout!
