Anarya and Canela

 While the car washing was going on, the dogs next door were out so Anarya went through her ritual of trying to engage them. A few months ago, they were given a chiuaua pup. It's a skittish little thing and for a long time she would not come near Anarya. Their older dog took years before she'd let any of us near her too. (They had found and adopted her and think she had been abused.)

 Canela (cinnamon in Spanish) now teases Anarya. When she isn't looking, she will follow her and when she holds out her hand, the pup will come real close and then suddenly take off running. That doesn't deter Anarya, every time she sees the dogs, she holds out her hand, or squats down making kissing noises with her lips or patting her legs to get them to come.

 Anayra likes to sweep. She pulls out the kitchen broom sometimes but no one fusses at her when she takes the outside broom out to sweep. So, she likes to sweep outside best. (Mom prefers that too.)

Car Washin'

 It's Tersa's birthday today. It's fast Saturday and we were invited to a wedding reception tonight. So, we put off birthday celebrations till Monday night. The Wilson's will come over for doughnut "cake." And Joel bought a bunch of materials for car washing. When I came out, Joel gestured he would squirt Shar (who was standing in front of that tire at first.) And that is how the car washing started.

 It's not a terrible way to spend your birthday! After all, the next car they did was the teenagers car!

 And squirting the baby is how the car washing ended.

Back to School

So Keddi was up and out the door earlier this year since she is now in Middle School. She is LOVING it, but was quite tired when she got home. Joel, Anarya and I took Shar to school and when we found her teacher (Mrs. Ball!!) and her line, she found that her good friend Olivia Hill (the girl in the middle) is in her class again. It's been a few years and we have missed her!!!

As soon as Shinara came home, she hugged Keddi. She said she freaked out a little when Keddi did not get on the bus. She said she did not like being alone.

At the Table

The baby usually sits in the corner you can see in this picture. It's kind of isolated and she is very loud sometimes and her stuff gets thrown off the tray a lot. I thought that if she was at the table she would feel more a part of things and maybe some of these things might not happen. You can see by the look on her face that I was mistaken.

Honestly, her face says it all and she has been put back in the corner unless she is eating something really simple and no one else is home.

Ford Fiesta

That is one excited Teenager. We have been talking about getting a car that will be available to teenagers who make good grades, behave themselves at home, do their chores and can pay for their own gas. This is mine and Joel's car, not theirs! But we did ask what colors they were interested in and of course they could not agree. When we saw this "violet grey", as Ford calls it, we were sure that it would be liked. It is!

 Even the baby was excited when she saw it and wanted in immediately!

 After a short lesson about the features of the car, Tersa drove around the neighborhood.

The car is not obviously purple. It looks grey but you know it has a tint of something. Tersa thought it was black at first and then asked if it was blue?! Anyway, the next picture is a little more true to color than the pictures above.

Mardi wasn't home when we brought the car home. Joel and I went out to eat and then picked her up after her band rehearsal. We didn't say anything about the car and when we got home, Joel complained about someone parking in his spot. We got in the house (Tersa was looking through the driving manual) and it took a couple of minutes before Tersa asked her about the car. She fussed at Joel and I for not telling her and then she and Tersa went out to look at it.