Warm and Sunny!!

It was so gorgeous this weekend!! We took full advantage.

A number of new restaurants have opened up in our 'hood recently. So, we spent this weekend trying them out. On Saturday, we went to lunch at Condado, a new taco place. They literally sealed a soft taco shell to a hard taco shell with queso and guac. WHUT. Yes. It was amazing. Wm LOVED it. He ate a lot (for him) and was quite pleased with himself. Then, we got into the warm car to drive to Trader Joe's, bellies full of delicious tacos. And Wm promptly fell asleep in the sun. He never falls asleep in the car, so it was super cute. He woke up all weird and disoriented. Fun times.

Sleeping Beauty

It's also glorious having a kid who is old enough to stay home alone! Because on Sunday, Steve and I went to lunch at The Little Eater, sans Wm. Mostly because Wm wouldn't eat anything at all at the place (other than the cookies!) It is mostly veggies that you get by the scoop. I got a scoop of kale salad with pecans and cranberries and a scoop of apple/fennel slaw. It was really good, too!! Then, we went Christmas shopping for The Squirt from there and knocked him out!

And, I got Flip a Christmas collar!! He is The Cutest. It even came with a bow tie! Can you stand it!?! No, no you cannot. Because it's impossible to stand it and no human could.

Dapper

It has tiny reindeer on it! <3

He LOVES it!

He was a big hit at the park. Flip is basically the Anna Wintour of dogs. I will say, Iggy seemed really intent on humping him...even more than usual. I think it was the collar. I already have his Valentine's Day collar all picked out!! Flip is like my dress-up stone goose - only furry. 

Wm has almost wrapped up this semester. He has 2 more weeks and then he's on winter break. When he goes back in January, they don't have regular school, they have what is called "J-Term." So, all of January is this block of classes that are usually just fun (as well as educational!) There is one on computer animation that Wm wants to take. He also has to take WHAM! every single day. (WHAM! is Wellness, Health and Movement - basically: gym.) Wm is not excited about WHAM! The only benefit is that he can wear athletic wear all of J-Term. There is also a chemistry class called Potions he's pretty into. I go to an info session about J-Term this week to find out how it will work for Wm. Then, in February, 2nd semester begins. We know Wm will take Regions II and Algebra I (9th grade math!) But, we aren't sure what else yet. 

Wm is currently working with the tech team at Metro to make fixing the laptop he broke months ago their project. ha! He's wily!!