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Tuesday, October 9, 2012

This Is Not an Indulgence Session for Nancy Reagan

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Norman has been attending a new training class at Discovery Green. It's pretty intense, but we have had some great results with him. Also, there's a dog there named Nancy Reagan.

Just try to focus on your dog when the instructor yells, "This is not an indulgence session for Nancy Reagan!" Lucky for us, a colleague of Eddy's is there with her super schmancy camera and she is kind enough to share her photos with us!

Here's the result of a 1 hour session.

The Good Dog

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So we've been taking Norman to obedience school because when he was just a wee dog he was quite the ball of crazy. In fact, we'd been months without our beloved Discovery Green because it was just such a chore to take him. But we think he finally turned a corner and is turning into a pretty darned good dog! We decided to test this theory with a trip to see some zydeco.

We armed ourselves with our various Norman control devices--treats, squirt guns shaped like elephants. You know, the usual.

Turns out, he behaved himself beautifully!

Of course, maybe he was just tired...

Norman Sees a Movie

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We really like to see outdoor movies at Discovery Green.

This time around, we figured Norman was old enough to partake in the fun.

We had to give him lots of exercise before hand to keep him calm for a 2 hour movie.

He did some people watching.

But mostly he just gnawed on some of the 500 sticks we collected for him (next time we will remember to bring a chew toy...)

Oh yeah, and the movie was Spiderman 2. Meh.

All Hallows Eve

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Remember Halloween? We had a really good one this year! First we went to my friend Rachel's house for her Halloween Birthday shindig.

We played this awesome game called Shadows Over Camelot.

Let's just say it is now a thing in our household to say whether or not a real life event should be considered a "despair card." Afterwards, we bundled up and headed to Discovery Green for their Halloween showing of the Addams Family and the Nightmare Before Xmas.

It was cold that night. Please do not mock me! On Halloween proper, we spotted this amazing decoration in our neighborhood.

Sadly, it was only up one day. We also had our very first ever Trick-or-Treaters, thanks to our new house! Days after the Halloween excitement fizzled out, we saw this crazy dude in the parking lot of our grocery store.

Just goes to show that weirdos in costumes are welcome all year round.

A Night with P.W.

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Last Saturday night we once again took advantage of the Discovery Green outdoor movie series. But this time, we had company! Our friend Rebecca is the ultimate Pee-Wee Herman fan. Don't ask why, don't ask how. She just is.

So when she mentioned they were playing Pee-Wee's Big Adventure at Discovery Green, we were so in! So we whipped up WAY too much picnic food, set out our blankets and commenced outdoor revelry!