Someone had an 8-week birthday on Friday.
On Saturday, we went to the Lake of the Ozarks to camp. I use the term *camp* loosely because we had a cabin with 2 bathrooms, 2 cable TVs, a full kitchen, etc. Basically, we stayed in a double-wide. That's as rough as I'll go (I did sleep on a cot) and I had a tough time coming up with a reason to get out of the trip. "It's cold and rainy" doesn't work anymore.
I figured I could do one night at a campground. I really enjoyed stopping at Marshall's and Target on the way home. So maybe it wasn't that bad.
Also, let it be noted that Scott's pre-camp pep talk consisted of: "Please be nice and have fun." I tried.
Scout practiced his swimming.
This is Duchess, Scout's new friend (I guess we're those people now...). He really shunned her at first, obviously taking a page out of my book on "how not to have friends". Maybe he's shy?
This is called the upside down rabid bat.
Scott bought me a coozy. Quite appropriate. I think I'm the only person I know around here who uses Twitter. (What do other people do all day?)
Scout tried swimming in the lake.
He didn't like it.
I think dogs all have the natural ability to swim because he could do it. Just didn't want to. You should see what that sad little soul looks like at bath time. Heartbreaking.
And he did well on the boat. I was motion-sick most of the time. When exactly am I going to outgrow this? (I'm not anemic and I ate and also drank water.)
He and Duchess caused quite a ruckus on Sunday morning. This picture is misleading. She was winning most of the time, but 99% of the pictures were blurry. I could only get clear ones while using the awful flash.
But then they started getting along.
Right after Scott took this picture, I opened the car door from the outside, not knowing Scout was leaning against it. He tumbled out onto the concrete. I'll shamefully accept the worst dog-mom award now.
Two bird dogs fighting over a bird.
After having Duchess (named after Kate Middleton, which is pretty awesome) in the house for the day, I was quite grateful for the hard work we've put into training Scout. He's at toddler-level, while she still seems to be in the newborn phase.
So hopefully my *going camping* for one night (but two days!) will get me out of similar adventures this summer. I'm looking forward to St. Louis one weekend soon, and I'd love to go hiking in some of the state parks. Day-trip hikes, of course. None of that overnight stuff.