i l-o-v-e l-o-v-e l-o-v-e l-o-v-e the president

for sooo many reasons... but most simply because he's a human being with a heart and a soul and a conscience (the twinkling eyes and sensible politics are just a really nice bonus :) he actually sends me personal emails (TO ME ONLY - they are NOT group emails ;) and calls me 'carol' which i admit kind of bugs me but i do write in lowercase, so i think that confused him from the get-go. he just sent me an email (to no-one else, i am quite sure of it) lamenting the passing of Teddy Kennedy... he writes a bloody good email for a man, had me all kerklempt. i am sending a note back letting him know we decided Teddy is a much cuter and more fitting name for our lovely new rattie, i am sure he will be delighted with the beautiful rat portrait i attached too :)

i told Sam about the passing of Ted Kennedy and he immediately knew him as the man from Cape Cod, the man whose backyard we played in on our day in Boston, and last but not least, the very nice man who gave Obama's kids a puppy :) Sam suggested Teddy would be a fitting name and tribute and i think it's adorable. Dumbo was just too dumb (and disney) for such a fine strapping young rat :)

i'm listening to beatles love again. and again. and again and trying to decide whether we should take Danny to the cirque du soleil show for his 5th birthday... we took Sam when he was 5 and he still talks about it to this day :) i dream of joining the circus and being lucy (... in the sky with diamonds) someday when i grow a little lot taller and get a little lot thinner and lose my fear of heights and flying through the air with the greatest of ease, suspended by just a ribbon wound around one ankle :)

sigh it's been a busy and fun day - i even found a box full of supercute hand-me-downs from Sam to Danny and more overalls and checkered shirts, just in time for apple picking pictures :) off to bed early with 'the hubbie' to watch dragons den and talk more trash about the awful american version 'shark tank'. we watched it last night and i am sure it sparked those awful plane crash dreams. it was awful. just awful.

they're dogsitting for Grandma and Grandpa :)


our adorable playdates for today









they played with Jerry all day long - Jerry loved the attention and went to bed very very tired but oh so happy :)