The last few weeks have been a blur. Having a puppy is quite consuming, phew! One big milestone that we have reached this week is that he SEEMS to have caught on to going to the bathroom outside. I hesitate to call him potty trained, but he hasn't had a poop accident for over a week, and only a few pee accidents this week (none in the last few days). He has started sitting by the door, sometimes scratching when he wants to go outside to go potty, so this is a pretty good sign in my mind! What a relief, I really did not enjoy the indoor bathroom incidents:-l. He still hates being alone but I feel like we are reaching a bit of a new normal. Slowly but surely he is being trusted in more parts of the house, maybe one day we will be able to let him roam around freely when we aren't home (but we definitely aren't there yet!). The kids often fight about him, but then there are also times when neither of them wants to do anything with him. By and large, I do feel that even though the novelty has worn off a bit, they are both still pretty good about doing stuff with him, especially when I ask them to.
Nathan finished up his swimming lessons last week and graduated to Level 2! We went camping on Friday to Deception Pass and had a great weekend with the Neibauers! The weather was good, not too warm but warm enough. Not great swimming weather, but all the kids all gave swimming a shot. Adam I think was wistful for the days of the Mexico ocean (who can blame him!) but he did give swimming in the ocean a chance! A bit too cold unfortunately! The lake right on the other side of the beach was much better for swimming. Even Jasper got to do some swimming in the lake:-).
Brian tore out the shower in our bathroom, so the projects just keep on happening! The cubby unit is done but still needs some parts to be painted (hence the lack of "after" pictures - the room also needs baseboards still!). He is making progress on replacing the shower, I am hoping this will only be a few weeks and not several months!
This past week has been quite crazy with Adam in Little Bits Equestrian camp and Lynsey in Volleyball camp. Adam did okay in his camp, I feel as though he enjoyed the City of Redmond one more but that could just be because it was more familiar to him. This one was also 4 hours long instead of 3, and I wonder if it was just a bit too long for him. He didn't do too badly, he just had some moments apparently - they never had to call me which is good! Lynsey enjoyed her volleyball camp, hopefully it helped her with some of her basic skills. She liked it because her friend Ari was there, too - friends always make things more fun! It felt like a really busy week for some reason, but I was able to do some cleaning and other prep for Brian's parents' visit. They got here yesterday evening. Brian and his dad are at Seafair today so just Frances and I with the kids. I'm sure we will find something fun to do!
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