Its that time of year again! Oh the excitement over fresh paper, pencils that still have an intact eraser and the sound of my children groaning in the early hours of the mornings as we all get ready to head off to school! I'm teaching Kindergarten this year. I worked a solid week before this one arranging and rearranging furniture in my classroom to create an open and welcoming room. The children excitedly came to school this past Tuesday with school supplies and happy faces. I was thrilled that our morning went off without any issues. One fun thing we did during our first day was to take a tour around the building on the pretense that we were looking for paw print clues to our promised prize. At the end they each received a bag of 'magic predictor play dough' that changed color when kneaded. The premise was that if it changed color, then a great year in kindergarten was the prediction. Of course everyone's changed and the excitement and smiles were priceless!

While at school, Chloe and pups have been on their own. The puppies are now enjoying a puree of puppy food along with nursing much to Chloe's chagrin. Yes, she believes all food is hers. I have to lock the poor thing out of the house or she paces and paws at the puppy enclosure trying to get in to eat the food. Once I let her in to clean up (the floor, the dish, the puppies) she literally steps on her pups to get to any left over food! Some mother!!

The puppies are also at fun stage...still no teeth but they love to romp on each other, my hand or foot and 'bite' what ever they can. They also practice growling and barking at one another.

They have begun to also figure out how to get out of the enclosure and get to their mother who wants to spend more time away from them!

I've introduced them to toys and they love them! It gives them something else to chew on besides my fingers and toes!!

The bathroom is moving along nicely for those who want to see more photos. We now have a tiled floor and painted walls! Unfortunately you can't really see the pretty blue on the wall in these photos but you can get the idea. The plumber will be in next week with the fixtures. I'm getting my tubbie accessories ready!