Monday we attempted to all pass out candy – but after a long wait, no one showed up so we left the bowl out and headed inside to watch tv. Normally we can hear the front gate open but after a couple hours we discovered the bowl nearly empty and realized those little trick-or-treaters must have been rather sneaking to make it inside without even Winston hearing them!

**the bat wings didn't stay on him for long - he's not a big fan of costumes

This past weekend we had a wedding in Grand Rapids, MI – on my birthday! It really made for a fun weekend. We were able to go to my parent’s on Friday night to have dinner with my parents, aunt, uncle, sister, cousin and we finally got to meet the exchange student from Italy staying with my parents. Best of all, Winston got to enjoy a weekend out of the city, running and playing on the hill behind my parent’s house. My parents have two rescue dogs, Willie and Sadie, and Winston has a great time hanging out with them.

not sure what he was howling at up in this tiny tree! ha ha!

There’s not much that Winston loves more than squirrels. He would be happy if we just left him in the park all day and came back for him before bed. He is so funny to watch – gets low to the ground, lifts one of his front paws – and waits, then slowly moves forward a bit and stops again, waiting for the perfect moment to rip my arm off and he goes dashing off toward a tree where the innocent squirrel runs for shelter.

At the end of his time in the park he always has to stop one last time and plop down in the grass – nothing better than grass on the belly

I haven’t done a Winston post in a couple of weeks since our life has been completely consumed by a big construction project so poor Winsie hasn’t really had much fun lately. In fact, he’s not been happy at all. He lived through our original remodel project and we promised he’d never have to do it again, since this time it was out of our control due to a washer overflow in the unit above us, we hope he’ll forgive us for the stress he’s under. He is super skiddish so we just feel awful for him right now. Basically our bathroom and guestroom had to be completely ripped out. No fun at all!

he doesn't intend to scare you wtih his yellow eyes - the lighting obvioulsy wasn't so great in there at the moment