Sofia and Elwood asleep together Sofia is 7 years old and she had her first sleepover over a friends house this week on spring break. I dropped her off at 5:00 p.m. and she didn’t come home until the next day at noon. It was hard on Ralph and I. Our baby is growing up and we are used to her being in her bed when it’s night time. She had a blast! She called me in the morning and asked if she could play until noon. This picture is typical of Sofia. She falls asleep in front of the t.v. almost every night and Ralph or I carry her to bed. Elwood had been sleeping on his bed and the next thing...

Elwood age 13 He sleeps a lot now Elwood is our Jack Russell Terrier that we got in 1995 right after we got married as a gift from my brother, Dominic. We already had our dog Jake and Ralph named him Elwood so that they would be like the Blues Brothers and they were such good buddies. As you can see by the photos Elwood’s hair is going gray, that is his black spots are getting gray. We had a terrible scare with Elwood over the last two weeks. Lately, when I took the dogs for a walk, it was like I was dragging Elwood to get him to keep up with me and Argus. He was always walking behind us and I...

Sofia and Bella before the show Sofia strutting her stuff Sofia in Nordstrom’s Spring Fashion Show from Lisa Cosentino on Vimeo. A couple of weeks ago, we were shopping at Nordstrom’s for clothes for Bella. The girl in the junior’s department approached me and told me that they were having a fashion show for the junior’s and kid’s department on the following Saturday and wanted to know if Bella wanted to be in it. Bella and her friend were very excited and wanted to participate. The children’s department was also included so I asked Sofia and Dante if they...