Chloe, swinging & moving furniture

sigh. Chloe noticed her absence from the blog & decided she needed a shout out, so she generously gave me something to include about her. At the groomers last week she ate her collar. I went to pick her up & was greeted with, "Chloe was a bad girl today." My first thought was fear at how much her behavior was going to cost. While I was irritated at the collar, I was also relieved as I had imagined the destruction of some really expensive dog grooming thing. Bits of the rest of the conversation: "I hadn't even turned around & she had it in 3 pieces.", "She is a bit of a drama queen, isn't she?", "Is she like this at home?" and my personal favorite, "She'll outgrow her energy-she's just a puppy." SHE IS 7!! She would make a terrible criminal; she just posed with the evidence. She is a lucky girl because Gabs would never let her go down by herself.

Trying to take his monthly blanket picture still proves to be a challenge. He did sit, but no smile.

I tried to keep him stationary with a toy on the blanket, which looks a little awkward, but how cute is this expression?

We took him to the park last week & he loved the swing! NoniBop takes him there during the week, so he is an old pro.

I am not sure if he loves Brandon or the swing more. Who am I kidding? Brandon wins above all else.

A new toy at GG's! Plus, rocking it out in the wifebeater.

Anderson loves some America. Seriously, I bought this inflatable Uncle Sam to hang out in my classroom & Pops inflated him for me. He is 5 feet tall which is basically my height & he has brought a whole new level of patriotism to my room. There was a brief time where he was being used as the hall pass, which led to random Uncle Sam sightings. My students would say, "I saw Uncle Sam outside my Algebra class." or "Was Uncle Sam walking through lunch today?" I figure he will make a fun pool toy for Anderson next summer, too.

This is a hilarious video of Anderson moving a chair all the way across the kitchen. Brandon had him rearranging the furniture while I was at the Farragut game. It is 4 minutes long, so I had to upload it to youtube. Here is the link...let me know if it doesn't work.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OLQyp2birNY

Here is a video from when we went to Birmingham a few weeks ago. It is Anderson with Lily's walking toy, but I mostly like it because of our 7 conversations going on in the background. I think Zack is the only one actually paying attention to Anderson.