Weekend "Chocolat"

Jérémie's chocolate making days go back a few years. He used to fill raspberries with good things and dip them in dark chocolate. But recently he has gotten serious about chocolate making.
Saturday he enlisted helpers and went crazy. The chocolates were as good as they look. Try not to drool on your keyboard.

First the workers put chocolate around the sides of the molds and let it harden.

 Then they fill them with yummy things and cover with more chocolate.

Once the chocolates are cool and hardened, they take them out of the molds.

Then they decorate. This is very important. In French we say that we eat with our eyes. (Sorry, but it sounds better in French)

Did I mention that I love chocolate?!!!

Puppies one more time...

Our house is puppy free. A bitter-sweet feeling. That was the plan from the beginning, but we still miss those little balls of fuzzy fur.

Puppies Three

The puppies continue to grow and get cuter and cuter. We took individual pictures to help their potential owners choose a puppy but I won't put all 11 on the blog. They still look an awful lot alike!!!

Puppies two

We are enjoying the puppies and I think they are enjoying us. Some of us even more than others!!!

 Learning to eat solid food. Each puppy has his own style.

 Mélanie missed out on the first few weeks, so she has been catching up. She would sleep with the puppies if we would let her...

Friends are begging for more puppy pictures...The problem isn't that we don't have any, the problem is how to choose which ones to put on the blog. With a family full of shutterbugs and puppy lovers and digital cameras, puppy pictures are plentiful!!! Here are a few from the first month. More coming shortly!!!

 Knowing which one is which - very important to make sure everyone is getting enough milk - was pretty hard at first. Embroidery thread helps...

Laura is pretty proud of this puppy (she calls him Brownie) and of her picture.

Diza is a mommy!!!

We were expecting a few puppies here at the farm last week. A few. The vet thought there would be five or six at most. But as we neared the due date, Diza's size told us that maybe there were more.

Well, there WERE more, many more. Diza is the proud mama to lots of beautiful puppies. What a miracle life is! We will try to put more pictures on as soon as they open their eyes! Anyone care to guess how many there are? (Don't guess if you already know!!!)