Happy 5th Birthday Gizmo!

Today is Gizmo's 5th birthday, and he is spending it with his second mom and dad, Karen and Doug. They were kind enough to watch him the next few days for us while we are travelling to MI to visit family! He is being even more spoiled with them then he would have been home with us. We plan to celebrate his birthday on Sunday when we get home!

Gizmo at 8 weeks old!
They even got him a gift and treats!

The devil aka step stool...

This is how much Rowan loves using her stool, washing her hands, playing in water....
These are the looks I get when I turn the water off, drain the sink, put the stool away!
She always wants the stool, she carries it from place to place to use it, but usually gets into lots of trouble with it too! Water everywhere, clothing soaked, has tried to put it in front of the stove (when things are cooking), in the middle of everything going on in the kitchen. So we frequently hide it in the laundry room, or put it up on the counter when we don't want her to use it, or whenever we leave the room! Starting to wish it would disappear, but she loves it too much!

Sunny days...

We have spent many hours outside the last few days enjoying the sun and warmth. Too bad we don't have a yard to play in, but Rowan has been fine with playing in the driveway, and road at times too (with supervision of course)!

She even does a little off roading at times! And gets stuck and requires assistance to get back on track! She still loves her 4 wheeler, but frequently refuses to put her feet up, and tries to use her feet to make it go!

4 wheeler is in the garage today charging its battery.

Serious?....Never!

No, No, No...

The look we get these days when Rowan doesn't want to follow directions! And she has learned the word No too, don't worry, she can sign it as well. Oh toddlers....

All Melted...

Here is what our house looks like with no snow. The junk in the yard is 100% visible now! Hoping to get that taken care of asap, our neighbors probably think we are trash!

So nice to be able to be outside without needing winter coats and hats to stay warm! Especially since Rowan takes her coat off with ease these days! DArn zippers, they need locks on them! Especially pajamas!

Naughty...

Never give a girl a bag of Bugles.....especially without supervision. No wonder she was being so quiet! Don't worry, Gizmo wasn't far away! Although he is a picky eater and didn't wany any anyway!