one week after the downpour...

¡snowbeast!

snow blindness... 

not just for skiers

new year's day deluge

two peas in a pod

tipper actually got in first 

to get to the bottom of a food smell

like most little sisters,

moose thinks whatever he does

she must do, too

she loves showers, baths, etc.--

anything water

+

she posed herself like this

oh my word. it snowed. on christmas day. in georgia.

(it hasn't done that in our county since the 1800s, mind you)

so we piled the wildebeests into the car + turned our town's vacant playground into a dog park

(which is definitely against the rules)

but since we'd already opened presents, 

we knew we were free from a coal-in-our-stockings fate

and being "naughty" on christmas has never been so much fun

woo hoo!

mavic + moose hadn't seen snow before today

their games are a constant carousel

going one way...

and then the other

check out the snowflake 

exactly on the tip of her nose

hey, look, mom!
antlers!

jaci's feet take first place

--hands down--

in the snow-ball-factory contest

they're quite obedient for

mr. snowman

it's almost family tradition 

to open gifts on christmas eve

this year was no exception

do you have any idea how challenging it is

to get 4 dogs 

(with 2 of them less than a year old) 

to take a decent picture?

and so... 

mavic is an unidentifiable black blob 

because he's licking tipper's ear

 moose wasn't really being naughty;

she + tip shared a stocking this year

 for jaci, every bag under the tree 

holds promise of hiding something for her

this time, she was right

finally...

it's tipper's turn

merry christmas eve from moosetip + co.

i lost a whole issue to her

this was not junk mail, moose.