The princess and the bee

Happy Halloween! Turtle's grandma bought Turtle his very first Halloween costume this year (T's dad doesn't let him wear clothes). She got him bumble bee costume because she thinks he's such a "busy bee" whenever he visits her house.

In true form, we had a hard time getting him to sit still in his costume to take a picture with princess Emma.


Emma: "What are we waiting for?"
Turtle: "Grandma, leave my ears alone!"



Now they're ready for trick or treating!

Fall delights

Tyler came to visit this weekend, so Turtle wanted to show him all his favorite things about the fall in Michigan.

First up, was a walk around Bandemer Park to see all the fall colors.



And Turtle took a few time outs to chase squirrels, but they always got away at the last second.



On Tyler's last day, we went to the apple cider mill. Luckily, Turtle was tall enough to pick apples.



Here are all the apples Turtle thinks he picked ;)

Family visit

Turtle's family (grandparents and Emma) came to visit him this weekend. He was really excited to show Emma his new dog park in Ann Arbor.

Emma just celebrated her 14th birthday, so she's usually not up for such uncivilized affairs, but she was a good sport.



This guy gave T a run for his money.



Turtle protecting the girls.



Emma prefers Turtle in small doses, so she wanted to make sure she didn't get left in Ann Arbor and took up post next to the luggage until it was time to go home.



Turtle had a great weekend, but he's tired from so much entertaining!

New digs

Turtle came to Ann Arbor last Sunday and had a great first week in his new digs. Here he is posing in front of his "house." (I tried to tell him it's just an apartment, but it's so much bigger than our place in SF that he insists it's really a house).



And here he is with the house warming presents that Tyler sent from San Francisco: treats and a stuffed Turtle to add to his collection.



Thanks dad!

Last week of summer vacation

Here's a random assortment of photos from Turtle's last week of summer break.

Turtle spent a lot of time working in the garden.



Turtle also helped supervise the bean bag toss game.



And of course his favorite activity...



...and drying off from baths while checking out the view.



Phew! What a great summer!



Next up: Sleep-away camp at grandma's while I get our new apartment in Ann Arbor ready. We'll see you in a couple weeks!

Summer fling

Turtle with his new girlfriend, Lulu.



Turtle wanted to take things slow...

Relaxing at the Crow's Nest

Turtle made it safely to Michigan, but would like to avoid airports for as long as possible in the future. He's been recovering from the "trauma" by relaxing at his family's lake house before our new apartment in Ann Arbor is ready.

Here's me and Turtle in front of "his cottage."



This is Turtle catching some breeze on the porch with his cousin Emma who is a 13 year old king charles (=queen bee). Turtle has been keeping a respectful distance.



But his favorite thing has been taking naps on the porch after going for long walks on the beach.