Dog Day Afternoon

Yesterday was such a lovely day!

First we dropped Daniel off at the temple for his first day of religious school. He is working as a teacher's aide (madrich) again this year. It's a good experience for him, it gives him a little spending money, since he'll get paid this year, and it allows him to see his temple friends.

Then we took Stanley and met our friends Sara and Howard Gottesman and their son Jordan, along with their large Chocolate Lab, Colby, at The Corner Bakery for breakfast. The food is good, and there's a large outside patio. Stanley loves to go and just be outside greeting all the people.

Later that afternoon we met our friends Bev and Mort, with their dog Havanna, at Fashion Island in Newport Beach. Havanna is Stanley's half sister, and at 10 months was needing some socialization. Fashion Island is a nice outdoor shopping mall that attracts lots of people with children and dogs, and is the perfect place for some doggy socializing! Stanley loves the fountains, and we laughed as the dogs played in them! It was nice walking around and talking to people. Stanley and Havanna just attracted attention everywhere they went, and they seemed to really enjoy it. And by the end of the day, Havanna seemed to come out of her shell a bit. We later put the dogs in the cars for a nap (with the engines and A/C running) and we enjoyed some burgers and wine and conversation (which got more than a little heated when I provoked Mort into a political yelling match. :) ) It was a really nice day, and I'm looking forward to a repeat sometime soon.