Desks, Dogs and Swings

Ok..so I know your wondering what that means. So here goes!

We made out like bandits on our garage sale finds! For those of you that dont know I am a HUGE garage sale junky! We have been looking for a desk for the living room to put my old computer on for the boys. They have a lot of games that aren't compatible with my new computer, so therefore they haven't been able to use them. We saw one for $10 but I didnt want to spend that much. I know, it doesnt sound like alot but when you only took a little to spend its a lot. So we decided to wait and if it was there later and we hadnt found anything else then we would buy it. We had actually forgotten about it, but by no coincidence ended up back on that street before we left. Any to make a long boring story short...we ended up getting the desk for $6!!!! Yeah you heard me right! We were so excited!

So..on to the dog part. We have an Italian Greyhound named Zeke and he is a wonderful part of our family. Well, last Friday morning at a little after 12am I heard a noise and it sounded like our dog, but he wasnt barking so I just laid there for a minute and thought maybe Mason kicked him or something. He sleeps under Masons blankets at night. I heard the whine again and thought I'd probably ought to get up and check on them. I walked in the bedroom to find Zeke on the floor with the blanket and Mason with no blanket. Sounds cute right? NO! The dogs foot had gotten tangled up in a hole that was apparently in the blanket. Through waking Mason up and trying to cut the blanket off (but cutting the dogs foot instead) and then trying to calm Zeke down so we could bandage him up...it was a rough night! We were up for quite a while, but he's fine and we all made it through it! :) So last night I went in to check on Mason and make sure he was covered up (my nightly routine with the kids before I go to bed) and this is what I found!:)

Apparently he doesn't feel the need to be all the way under the blankets anymore! I don't blame him! By the way..we threw that blanket away!

Now to the swing part. We all know how exhausting pushing our kids on the swings are and how we cant wait until they learn how to pump their legs! Well, maybe Im the only one, but I couldnt wait. I am happy to report that Isaac has learned to swing all by himself!!!! I hear him yelling outside.."Mom, Im going really high!" I was so proud of him! Its one of the moments that makes me realize how fast they are growing up. Isaac then told Weston that he would teach him to do it. So, being the proud mommy I am I had to take pictures and remember this day!!

Isaac going SO HIGH!!!

Here's Isaac teaching Weston how to do it. He was trying so hard and almost has it!