3 Girls, 1 Guy and a Zoo!: April 2013

Tuesday, April 23, 2013

The picture says it all :)

Monday, April 22, 2013

The bi-annual strip out!

Those that know me, know that I'm an animal lover and will do anything for them, especially my own. When we bought a Cairn 6 years ago, I was determined to try and keep her coat as natural as I could. NOTE....this is NOT for everyone.

It takes about an hour and a half of my day, if I was to do it straight and thankfully, I have a VERY patient dog :) She had to be after having 7 pups right?! So anyhow, basically this process consists of pulling out the dead hair. No, it doesn't bother her at all. It helps her keep from shedding, keep her skin and coat healthy and remove the "stink" of a normal dog. This time I decided to take before, during and after pictures :) I get a kick out of them!

So here is Chloe before her stripping...

And here is her a little over halfway done! LOL I told Doug she looked like one of those balding men that still have a ton of bushies just in the back of their head!

The pile so far...

The end pile!

(That is her collar)

Crazy how its even the same dog! She always runs around like a lunatic and acts like she is 4 months old again whenever I do this!

I say this almost every time but I'm going to say it again...I wish I was smart enough to invent a dog eye "fixer", kinda like our red eye fix!

And because I have serious OCD issues, this was the pile of dirt that was at the bottom of the hair pile after I cleaned it up! So I guess she is cleaner too! LOL

Friday, April 19, 2013

Madalyn: "You are one of the best sisters I have ever had!"

Marissa: "Well, you are one of the cutest sisters I have ever had!"

LOL

Thursday, April 18, 2013

Madalyn's imagination at work!

The girls picked up a bunch of the stick in the yard the other day. Madalyn found a stick that she thought looked like a pterodactyl dinosaur. She has been riding it all over the place since then!

Here is a video of her in action. It shows her pterodactyl a little better. Again...she is not liking the video camera these days!

Wednesday, April 17, 2013

Someone has the Sillies!!!

It took a bit to get this picture and video.

Madalyn does not like her "cuteness" to be photographed or videoed. She gets all embarrassed. She was the kid that cried when we sang "Happy Birthday" to her! So shhhhh, you saw NOTHING!

Tuesday, April 16, 2013

Gotta love Pinterest! :)

We had to have a project so Bunny Cars it was! They turned out so cute! The girls loved eating them to...I can't vouch for that because they just looked gross but the kids loved them!

It takes a lot of thought and concentration to make bunny cars!

She is such a squirtball!

Doug's handiwork

Mine!
(Not to be confused with "Grandma's" which I have no idea where those pictures are!!!)

Don't you love Marissa's helmet?

The girls did such a good job, and were so detailed!

Madalyn's car needs an alignment! LOL

See how she made cool tires for hers?

Mine again....I added headlights!

Way to much fun! I can't wait to see what we come up with next time!

Monday, April 15, 2013

Easter with Grandma and Grandpa Geiger

I kinda liked how this year we got to celebrate the REAL Easter on the day and then the week after we got to do all the fun stuff. It kind of separated it and they were able to grasp things a little better I think. Of course, the annual Easter Egg Hunt!

They are getting the rules from Grandpa....

They wanted to wear their Easter dresses again and I love their little painted toes :)

So grown up!

And they are off!

It's a little blurry but I love this action shot!

Thinking hard!

I love her facial expressions!

Up high...

Down low...

They are so cute!

Madalyn looks so big here!

I LOVE these next two pictures!

Cool DUDETTE!

More fun to come :) Please stay tuned!

If you were to ask me where I would see myself in 10 years, I never would have guessed that I would be here. However, I couldn't be happier! I'm very happily married to the love of my life and have two girls. We have begun our journey towards adoption and I'm excited to see what the Lord has in store for us over the next couple of years. I'm a stay at home mom who home-schools. I enjoy researching and finding things out for myself. This blog allows me to share with others my passions and keep in touch with family that I wouldn't normally be able to keep in such close touch with.

Daddy is such a blessing to me. We met in college and became best friends. About one and a half years after we met we were dating. The rest is history. Together we have grown in the Lord and learned many lessons even in our few years together. Things haven't always been smooth, but together and with the Lord's help we can accomplish anything. He is the love of my life and my true soul mate. He is 100% committed to his family and the Lord. He is currently working for Dairy One in Ithaca. He loves to ski, ride dirt bikes, tinker on things, mow the lawn :) and spend time with his girls.

Marissa is our oldest. She was born in May 2005. She is 100% Daddy's girl. She is a home body and usually isn't away from home for long and she is asking to go back to our house. She always claims a job and sticks with it till its done. She is very quick and catches on fast. You have to be careful what you show her, because before you know it she is going to be attempting it herself. Madalyn is her best friend. She loves church and loves learning and singing about Jesus. Marissa is now is school and she is doing great. She loves to read and do projects. She LOVES animals and has decided that she wants to be a Veterinarian when she grows up!

Madalyn is our youngest. She is 100% Mommy's girl (nice of them that they split us up so that one isn't quite so overwhelmed isn't it?). Madalyn knows what she wants and goes for it. She has no fear and is usually the leader of my two even though she is younger. She does love to shadow her older sister though. She is my girly girl, but also my one that is always getting messy. She loves her hair done, to get dressed up, and shoes! We are in trouble with this one! She loves school and is super smart. She has decided she wants to be a "snow plow driver" when she grows up. She is also going to build a house RIGHT next to us and live there so she can still see us every day ;)

Case was actually our "oldest child". Sadly we said goodbye to him on October 29th, 2013. He was a black lab/ red-tick coonhound. He loved to roam the fields, swim, play ball, catch frisbees, go hiking and spend time at the barn. He also very much enjoyed those black and white cats that roam in the dark and have stripes down their backs...or he must have because he kept getting sprayed! He hated to be abandoned by his family and preferred us to all be in the house by 9pm or he started pacing. His biggest dislike was winter. He hated the cold and would rather hold his potty all day long than to go out and pee. Even when he did go out he barely makes it out the door and he was starting to go! Haha He was our "little boy in a doggie suit" as my aunt says. We love him and miss him like crazy.

Cali is our first cat together as a married couple. Sadly we said goodbye to her on October 8th, 2014. We got her from the barn shortly after we moved. She had to be one of the softest cats you had ever felt and of course one of the best looking calicos. LOL She was a great mouser and spent alot of her time in the basement hunting. She had a funny quirk. When she got ready to settle down and sleep, she parted the hair on her tail so only a few hairs were sticking up and then she proceeded to suck on those hairs.

Beaker is a litter mate to Cali. She is a great mouser. She loves to sneak outside when she gets the chance but if you say her name she quickly darts back in. She is VERY attached to Doug and is always coming up to him purring just as loud as can be begging to be picked up. Beaker of course never does this to me. She doesn't like change and isn't fond of strange dogs, although she has gotten much better with the dogs. She will still swat at Molly but it's not angry, it's almost like she is playing.

Sid was our Marshall Ferret. We said goodbye to him in 2012. He was amazing! Great with kids and other animals, but a total goofball. He definitely lived up to the typical ferret personality and a total thief! Sid's favorite thing to steal was pacifiers. He would take them right out of a baby's mouth if given the opportunity and then take off running! He always hid everything in the same place, so at least we knew where to find them, but of course they were always ruined. Anything rubber was in danger of ending up in the said spot. We definitely miss having him around.

Chloe is Cairn Terrier. She is a blast to have around and I'm definitely sold on the terrier family! She is great with the kids and loves spending time outside. She is a great woodchuck hunter and will sit at an occupied hole all day till she catches one. Even in the winter time she will spend forever out there and come back looking like a snowman. She loves to swim and will swim in any temperature water. She loves to mother other animals. Whether it be kittens from the barn, Case, or her own litter of puppies, she is a great mother! We have since fixed her. Although I'm sad there won't be another litter, it's for the best with the probability of us moving and having to find a new vet.

Meet Molly, our newest dog addition :) After taking some time to heal after losing Case, we decided that our household wasn't the same without a big dog around and we were missing something. So we took the plunge and went full out this time. Molly is a purebred, mis-marked mantle, Great Dane :) She has grown into one good looking pup! I'm still in love with this old picture though, so I'm not changing it! She stands about 31 inches at the shoulder and weighs over 100lbs (although honestly I'm not sure how much over because I can't lift her anymore!) She is great with the kids and loves to cuddle. She shares our bed and is the biggest baby ever. She is very protective and does not like when anyone is pinned down. She is right there to break up the "fight" LOL We love her to pieces!

When Doug's sister and her husband started breeding rabbits, I had a feeling deep down that it was only a matter of time....Here she is! Peterette started out as "Peter". When Madalyn realized "he" was actually a "she", she settled with Peterette. :) Peterette is a flemish giant, which according to what I have read is the Great Dane breed in the bunny world! Figures right? She is super sweet, very laid back and loves to be cuddled and pet. She'll stick her nose out of her cage when you enter the room just so you will scratch it!