Staycation Portion

Drew and Jess came into town with Griffin and Evvie last week. It was GREAT to see them!

The fam

Drew being Drew at Graeter's

Messy Wm with Uncle Drew and Aunt Jess

Griffin and Evvie enjoying their ice cream

Flip fell in love with Drew and tried to make sweet love to his shoulder multiple times. Flip also humps other dogs when he gets over-excited and doesn't know what to do with his energy. I think having Griffin and Evvie here got him all riled up and he took his energies out on Drew! But, in any case, Drew made a conquest!

Wm has finished his summer reading book and journals! He had to read Malala's book. He LOVED it. He had me read his journals and they are super thoughtful and well done. I was very impressed! Here he is plugging away diligently:

Summer homework

Wm and I took Flip to the dog park on Saturday (which was GORGEOUS) and Flip found a GIANT stick. It was more of a tiny tree!

Favorite stick of all time

So, then Wm and he had a blast playing with it together. Wm would run around with it and then throw it and make Flip fetch.

Buds playing

But then another dog wanted to play Stickies and Flip was 100% in! He had the time of his life!

Frenemies

I love Wm's laugh!


On Sunday, we went to the pool, which was AWESOME because it's really warming up again. Wm got pool snacks and swam the entire length of the pool, so it was very successful! Also on Sunday, Steve found a ball meant for HORSES at the store (the check out lady was like, "you have a horse?!") And, still, Flip managed to destroy it in 15 minutes.

Already half gone.

While Drew and Jess were in town, we came across this gem:

Eat your hearts out

And now, I'm back at work. Quite sad about it. Mostly about having to wake up. I love a good lie in! Wm is hanging out solo this week. And, next week he's off to Grandma and Grandpa's! Steve and I have also managed to pick the paint colors for the whole house, which is a major success. There was lots of back and forth. Ironically, it was over 2 different shades of white. ha! We have agreed to paint the bedrooms and den the creamier shade (that Steve likes) and the living room, family room, and dining room the brighter shade (that I like). WIN. Wm's room and bathroom will be blue, per his instructions.