Eli Loves His Puppy & Mugsy Loves Her Boy

My little guy LOVES to go outside. As soon as I take him into the babysitter's house, he points and says, "Outside." As soon as I take him into our house, the grocery store, or any other form of shelter, he starts pointing toward and requesting to be outside. He loves the great outdoors.
Though he likes the wild wilderness experience with us, he really likes it if his Mugs is with us too. This child loves his puppy, and his puppy loves him. She plays with him, lets him pull her ears and tail (poor Mugs!), does a happy dance when he comes into view, and protects him from any possible harm. The two go together like PB&J.
Elvis, I mean Eli, also likes to visit the neighbors' dog. However, she runs for the other side of the yard anytime Eli comes near the fence. He's not THAT scary...
The little jail bird likes to watch all the happenings of the 'hood. There's usually quite a bit to see.
Above all else, my little guy likes to play with his Mugs. She loves to play with him too. He's her boy. Who wouldn't love a little human who throws you food three times a day?
Lingering thought of the day: We bought a minivan on Saturday. We close on our house on May 26. We move shortly thereafter. My hubby graduates this Saturday then starts his residency in June. I'm now officially an online writer--and will be published very shortly. There's a lot of change approaching for us. Is it normal to just throw oneself into these things with total excitement and not a look back? I cannot wait!

Shakespeare's--One of the Things I'll Miss About CoMO

Shakespeares is one of the first places we went to eat in CoMO and has been one of our long-standing favorites. The pictures in this post are all from the downtown location. The West Shakespeares is also good, but it's farther away, so we very rarely go to that location.

One of the aspects of Shakespeares that we love is that they're so kid friendly. It has a fairly noisy environment, so there's not much worry about squeally, chatty little ones. They also throw dough for the kiddos to play with at the table. It's a chunk of pizza dough that doubles as play dough to keep the little ones occupied--brilliant.
On this occasion, we went with a friend from work and her kids. We enjoy their company often, and they are another aspect of this area that we will miss!
This is a large pizza (1/2 beef & bacon, 1/2 beef & black olive). Shakespeares heaps toppings on their pizzas. Even plain cheese is loaded. They're not cheap, but you get a lot for your dollar.
Eli will even fight his daddy with a fork to get the last piece of pizza. :)
Lingering thought of the day: As we were leaving , I was stopped by a group of college students who needed to interview people (on camera--yikes) about Shakespeare's for a school project. After some coercion and guilting from my hubby, I obliged. Truth be told, I rather enjoyed the interview. They were very sweet and encouraging. All I had to do was answer questions from a "mommy's perspective." I found it interesting that they sought me out on the very day I was doing my own "documentation" of this place.