August 6-13 = Sammy Week

Oh my goodness.  Another Rover dog- this is Sammy.  He's a shih-Tzu.  This is his first time away from home and he's 9 years old.  He's so funny.  All of my pictures from this week are of him with or without our other animals and that's it.

August 14 = Bandit Day

So I shared a picture of Bandit in the post from the 15th but look at this babbbyyyyy oh my goodness!

August 15 = Woof Day

Here's another sweet Rover puppy- this one is named Bandit!  He's six months old and his mom and dad are just taking a day trip so we only have him for one night.  He's so so so very cute.  He's an Australian Shepherd and while I'm so happy to have him for the night I'm kind of relieved it's only for one night.  I am not in the market for a puppy, that's for sure.

Also check out this adorable child... everything she says is so cute.

August 16 = Brodie Day

This is the third time we've watch Mr. Brodie through the Rover app.  Since I haven't blogged in forever- I haven't shared our newest adventure- we dog sit!  People find us on this app and then send us a message letting us know what days they need and some info about their dog- it's been a lot of fun!  This is Brodie- a chocolate lab.  He's 75 pounds and 12 years old... he is absolutely no trouble at all.

August 17 = Liam's Pre-Birthday

Zachary's going to be underway for Liam's 7th birthday so we decided to throw him a mini party tonight so that Zachary could celebrate with us.  Zachary decided this at 6:00 and took the kids to the gym so I headed to Target and got some mini cheesecakes, a birthday boy pin, some party hats, candles, and some PJ Masks surprise toys- 7 of them of course.  Zachary had already gotten him a gift a few days before and it was a lovely little celebration.  He even shared with his sisters- Malia got to open two and Kayleigh got to open one.

Zachary has a family picture of us at the table but I don't have it at the moment- will add later- but I do have some videos.  The first is of Kayleigh at Target... I had to document the way she says no... she doesn't usually get away with saying no when it comes to us telling her to do something but... bah it's so cute.  But now I have video evidence that I can watch forever.  So no more missy.  Then we have some from Liam's birthday celebration.  Malia is upset in some of them because she wanted to open more and she didn't like the ones she got.  Typical.

August 18 2019 = Duty Day

Zachary's on duty today.  He was supposed to leave on Friday for a month and then it got pushed to Saturday and then it got pushed to Tuesday.  He has duty today (Sunday) but we got a bonus Saturday with him and we'll see him tomorrow night before he heads out.  I'm a bit nervous about this underway because it's been a while since I've been alone with the kids for this long- and let's just say I think it would be easier if school were back in session... I'd have just Kayleigh from 7:30-2:30 and we'd have a much more established routine buttttttttt alas we have two weeks left of summer.  So I'm going to focus on enjoying this time with my soon to be first grader and kindergartener!

Here is the one picture I've taken today:

I slept in a little this morning and when I finally emerged, the kids were giving their stuffed animals a concert with Liam's new microphone stand he got in his little pre-birthday party last night... that post coming soon.  I have a new strategy with the blog... I'm going to focus on the present and then do extra from the big gaping hole between this one and the previous one.  It's hard to see in this picture but each stuffed animal had it's own bow placed perfectly in her hair- except the elephant who had one on it's tail.