Monday, February 8, 2010

We'll Miss You Walle

Sunday, mi esposo and I spent another fun day with Walle.  While we let Walle and Sox sleep in we dug ourselves out from the snow.

Crooked picture is due to back strain from shoveling the areas the snow blower couldn't reach.  This time mi esposo and I made a plan of attack the night before and decided we'd tackle the trouble areas first and then do the easy parts.  After only 3 hours, we successfully moved the snow from the driveway and were able to get the car out on the road.  To celebrate we took Walle out to eat, but first we had to wake him up.  Apparently Walle sleeps in which was just fine with Madam Sox, but she didn't care too much on being woken from her beauty sleep at 12 pm, she's usually awake by 3 pm at the earliest, notice her expression of indifference in the photo below. 


Sox declinded the car ride, she gets motion sickness, so Walle, mi esposo and I headed out on the road.
Walle was sure excited to get outside especially after being cooped up in the house. 


First up was a pit stop to fuel up the car and recharge Walle.


Luckily for Walle, he received direct sun and finished recharing as soon as the car finished refueling.  Our next stop was none other than Pei Wei.  Walle couldn't decide what he wanted for lunch until the kind waitress suggested something from the Kid's menu.  This made him remember BB and as he was still missing BB something fierce he decided on Won Ton Soup, one of BB's favorites.


While we waited Walle checked out everything in the restaurant, he was particularly fond of the gift cards. 


Once our food was ready we headed home to watch a movie, Space Camp, how approriate no :), and then did some crafts for BB's upcoming Birthday.  Walle helped with the design, I'll show you a glimpse with Walle's help but the finished project won't be up until after BB's birthday to surprise her mom, my sister.  I know she will definitely get a kick out of it. 


Walle it was a pleasure to have you over for the weekend and we are so sorry to see you go.  Make sure you come back again with BB so you won't miss her so much.  Sox will miss you too even though she'll never let you hear you say it. 

Saturday, February 6, 2010

Family Visitor

This weekend we were housebound, not by choice, a wonderful storm blew on by and dropped over 20 inches of snow on our front and back door.  Luckily mi esposo and I had a visitor this weekend and he was a welcome addition to the family.

First we decided to sleep in and thought, sure we'll clean off the snow at 10 am just like last time, but when we awoke, boy were we in for a surprise!


Over 16 inches of snow had landed and just kept on coming.  Walle was so excited he started spinning around and around with pure delight.


Even thought I told him too much had fallen on the ground to play in Walle pleaded with us to go outside.  So off he went , launched himself in the snow and was stuck!.  Yup just a bit too much eh Walle.  So mi esposo and I scooped him up and gave him a little sip of coffee to warm up.


Coffee made Walle think of cookies so we embarked on a cookie making fest. After some research on the web, we decided on a couple of recipes from Confessions of a Serial Baker, a new favorite blog of mine.  We decided on the White Chocolate Macadamia Nut Cookies, the Oatmeal, White Chocolate, Cranberry Cookies and then headed over to Williams and Sonoma's for the Chocolate Crinkle Cookies I made for last year's cookie swap. Walle was a great helper, he read the recipe while I gathered the ingredients.

Walle was great fun in the kitchen, he even helped me measure out the Macadamia Nuts. 


Our first batch was in the oven and we couldn't wait to taste them.  The first bite was heaven, wasn't it Walle.  Scrumptious!

We had so much fund that we made over six dozen cookies.  Good job Walle!

Cookie baking was a great success but poor Walle began to get homesick for his owner BB. Sox decided to show Walle the house and introduce him to all of her hiding places.


I washed the dishes and cleaned up the kitchen from our cookie fest, and went looking for the two new best friends and found them about an hour later, sitting in front of the fireplace.  


"Don't you worry Walle, you'll be home to BB in no time and tomorrow we'll sit in front of the fire and take a nap, it'll be fun you'll see."