Octoberfest

October has been jam-packed!!

Brooksy visited Papa at work and took his first ride on the firetruck!

Erinn sent me delightful Halloween goodies :)

I had a ladies night with Libbie and Dawn...

Mike and I finally had dinner at Accanto and it was, no joke, the best meal either of us has ever eaten!

And then we dealt with a jailbreak. I took this picture when I came home from lunch to let Brooksy out of his cage--I opened the bedroom door and was face to face with the escapee.

That boy really loves laundry.

We finished up wedding season last night with Shaun and Jess' ohsocute farm wedding

Jess and all the firemen :)

Needless to say Mike and I are exhausted. Time to buckle down and ride out Hurricane Sandy!

Duck Falls

Yesterday Mike gave Brooksy his first bath.

That's not to say it was his first ever bath; we've just never given him one at home.

He got one when he had his nails clipped and I count all the dips into the various bodies of water we've visited as baths.

We were under the impression that labs weren't supposed to be washed more than once  or twice a year, but our vet corrected us on B's last visit. Mike sent me a text yesterday asking if I minded missing his first bath. I told him no and wished him luck. A while later I got this text:

"Well the bath went about as well as I expected but he likes his new after bath duck."

I laughed and sent back "Hopefully that duck will still be in one piece when I get home."

5 minutes later:

"Judging by the holes…….no."

Chew toys don't last long in our house unless Kong makes them, and even then we have to buy the deluxe brand. Brooksy loves those toys that jingle, shake and squeak but I'll be damned if he doesn't have those things torn apart in a matter of 15 minutes.

This one lasted about 20 minutes before Mike had to call it quits.

RIP duck.

Back to reality

We're back from our beach vacation and we had a great time!

 

Sad it's over but glad we had another amazing year at the Captain's Cottage!