Not Much

I don't really have anything interesting to post about lately, hence the lack of blogging. We have just been working really hard on getting this little doggy potty trained and it isn't easy. She is now confined to the kitchen when she's out of her kennel because she's pottied on the floor a few times and we do not want our house smelling like puppy pee. So until she is good about going outside every time she's not allowed on carpet. We have gates going across the entries to our hallway and living room, which keep Piper out, but also the kiddos which means we have to spend lots of time lifting them from one area of the house to the other, kind of a pain, but hopefully this wont last too long. Also, now we have to take the gates down when Piper is in her kennel at night or when we're gone during the day because apparently our cat isn't able to jump over them, so I got to clean cat poop off the kitchen floor this morning, and clean cat pee from the puppy bed, because max couldn't get to his litter box. He can jump up onto the counters, but not over the baby gate, I don't get it.
Other than that we aren't doing too much besides work, for Dave and me, and school, for the kiddos. Although Dave did put up Halloween decorations on Saturday so that's something fun to look forward to. Now I just have to come up with some cute costume ideas for the kids. Let me know if you have any ideas for coordinating costumes for the kids and Piper.