Bobby's World: Spending Time With Friends

Oh what a week!! It happened, even though we thought that they would come through at the last minute and keep it from happening, the federal government shut down. Yes, Bob was one of the thousands who were told to go home and come back....sometime, whenever this craziness is over.

We invited the girls over Tuesday evening, after Bob was sent home from work, to celebrate Mimi's birthday. The girls this time include my mom, my aunt Mimi, and my aunt Dianna. Mom and Mimi were able to come, Aunt Di couldn't make it. We had a great dinner, of which I didn't get any pictures, so UNLIKE me!! Just so I'll remember the menu and won't duplicate it next year for her birthday....we had a Pinterest inspired dinner with a balsamic, brown sugar glazed pork roast as the star. Pramanti Bros. knock off cole slaw, homemade french fries and baked beans rounded out the show.

As you have learned, we HAVE to light a desert on flames so that Bobby can "blow the candles out, blow" and understand that the dinner was a celebration. As always, Bobby was front and center to help the birthday, in this case, girl blow out her birthday candles.

Wednesday evening I had been planning to go out for a Girls' Night Out with my autism mom friends for a couple of months. The girls this time included my friends Noelle, Shelly and Andria. We had purchased tickets for the musical "50 Shades, The Musical" and it was a perfect, absolutely perfect, girls' night out!! We laughed and laughed for the 69 minutes of the show. So much fun!!

Thursday morning Bob decided that he would go walk with the girls and me. The girls this time include two of our favorite four-legged friends, Zoi and Ellie, as well as Noelle and her mom, Bobbie. After the walk was over, we decided to let the dogs go for an autumn swim since the temperature was perfect for playing in the creek.

Bob brought some rope with us to use as a leash for Zoi so that she could swim further, so we took off her leash and tied her up!! Looks bad but works great!

Zoi couldn't wait, she got right in and swam around. Happy, happy Zoi!!

A down side to letting her go swimming is that I have to brush out all of her long fur.

Ellie decided that she had enough of being on the sidelines and jumped in the water too. She started prancing and jumping around, splashing and just having the time of her life. We added Zoi's leash to the end of Ellie's leash so that she could go further too.

Another problem with all of this swimming fun.....when Noelle and I take the dogs for their next walks, they are going to want to go swimming!!!

After school, Bob and I picked up Bobby, took him to occupational therapy and then we had a fun surprise for him. We were off to celebrate the birthday of one of our favorite girls, Natalie. He was super excited to get out of the car at Cheat Lake park. He started off down the hill to get to the playground. With views like this, who can blame him???

Bobby went right into the playground area and started playing. It was great because he had the whole place to himself.

Who wouldn't want to play here with views like this???

Time to get this birthday party started!!!

The birthday girl, and all of the treats, have arrived!!

Yippee!! BALLOONS!!!!

Lets all sing, Dora Dora Dora the explorer....

What?? They are sitting together!!

Holy crap, they are holding hands!!!!!!!

Bobby has had enough of all of THIS craziness!!!

What a birthday beauty.

Give that cupcake a big whack!!!

Bobby got a fun sucker from the pinata. LOVE THIS!!

He decided that he would sit and relax in the back of Noelle's car...

Balloon ears....

The water was calling Bobby's name and he just couldn't resist any more!! He walked down to the water and announced "At the Beach" and he was going swimming. Oh no you're not Mr. Bobby!!!

Leave your shirt on Mister!!!!!

Getting a little frustrated....the wheels are spinning, "how am I going to get in there??!!"

"MOM!! Swimming at the beach!!" Sorry Bud, not gonna happen!!

Bobby finally figured out how to go play in the water....

A boy's gotta do what a boy's gotta do!!

Yes, he is completely soaked now. Time to go home.

Natalie's birthday party was an intimate affair, just perfect for her, and Bobby!! They had a great time. The 2 year old boy who just happened to stumble across the birthday party and got to join in had the best time of all!! He was so cute!!

Just because......some of the beautiful views that we saw at the lake and creek.