Little Ella Bella isn't so little anymore. Look at her most recent photo...awww that face is so PRECIOUS! She's turning into one of those dogs that you've got to trim the hair by their eyes.
This is Miss Gina. I don't think I've ever gotten-around to sharing her story with you. Gina is named after my brother in law Gino. Gino is a big, Italian sweetheart who just happens to be *very very* allergic to cats. I'm not talking a few sneezes I'm talking full-blown throat closes up allergic reaction. Anyhoo Gino is on his way to work one morning and he hits a traffic jam. He gets out of his car and sees a bunch of people standing around this poor little kitten who is lying still and panting really hard. The other guys thought that maybe she was just thirsty, but it turned out she'd been hit by a car. Gino puts this poor little kitten in his car (which is a Lamborghini--I swear--you couldn't make stuff like this up) and takes her to the vet. On the way to the vet he calls my sister and tells her what has happened and to meet him at the hospital (which is where he'll have to get himself ASAP). By the time my sis gets there Gino is in full blown reaction mode--poor darlin. The hospital gets him all fixed up and then he begins worrying about this little kitty cat. No one was sure she'd even make it as her injuries were pretty severe. She had a broken hip and needed surgery which Gino happily agreed to pay for. I think she was in the hospital a little over a month before she finally got strong enough to be driven from Florida to Louisiana. They weren't able to keep her because of Gino's allergy..but they knew we would take care of her, so my little sister put this cat into her car and drove her 15 hours to come live with us. We had to be really gentle and patient with her while she became adjusted to living outside of the hospital. For the first two months we had her she pretty much stayed under my bed. Slowly she began letting us love on her and roaming around the house...now days she's a normal curtain climbing wild child who loves chasing the dogs and this....
scratching on the legs of Mama's prized flea-market find bench! Bad bad kitty!
but who could stay mad at this sweet little face? Not me! That bench can be sanded and fixed :D
Lest you think we lead a charmed life where all we have to blog about is art, playing school and petting cute animals let me tell you about the latest chaos to hit casa Naron. Sunday night I was busily rearranging the furniture in the den. Now, when I clean and rearrange I really clean and rearrange..nothing gets left unturned. I had just finished up and had the sore back to prove I'd been moving furniture all day when little man tells me his head is itching so bad that it's driving him mad. I check and don't see anything, but he continues to complain so I get his hair wet and really start combing and parting his hair and guess what I found? uuuggghhhh Lice!!! Eeeepppp!! We have dodged this bullet 20+ times, but it finally got us. Chloe had it too, as did the little girl who spent the night at our house the night before. Thankfully I had the treatment stuff on hand. So I shampooed little heads, stripped beds, washed everything, remade beds and then combed and combed and combed their hair some more. Phew!! I was beat mentally and physically, but so proud of myself for not totally sqicking out...and no, thank the Good Lord above...I didn't get it, but I treated myself anyway.
I have to laugh really because the one time we catch head lice we aren't even IN school!
Speaking of school...we are loving our Calvert curriculum--it's really easy to follow. The kids are doing a lot of work, but they don't mind because it's interesting!
xoxs
C
PS: I almost forgot to mention... I'm having a little give-a-way on the P.I.D. blog (look for the entry dated Friday August 28th)... we're looking for a new home for this little gal. If you like her please stop by the blog and enter your name into the drawing--I'll pick a winner on Thursday 9/3/09