Carnevale di Malo

   We had a relaxing weekend spent mostly at home, until today. We started our day with a yummy breakfast: french toast with blueberries and bacon. I never make french toast, but I love it!

After we ate, we finished watching a movie that we started last night. Once our movie was over, we got dressed and went to the mall. We ate lunch there at the Chinese buffet. Afterwards, we drove to Malo for their annual Carnevale parade. This year marked their 91st anniversary. {In Italy, Carnevale is held during Lent.}

Super Bowl

      We had a few friends over LATE Sunday night for a super bowl/pajama party. The game didn't start until 12:30am, so we wanted for everybody to be comfortable. We had tons of food and ate all.night.long.

 Dressed down in our pj's.

Le Pignole

     We had a fun weekend of relaxing, spending time with friends, eating really good food, and drinking really great wine.

Friday:

    Aaron was off today and went to his friends house first thing in the morning to help him with his motorcycle. He took Connor with him so I could stay home and get things done around the house. When they got back, C was sleeping, so we both tried taking a nap too. Pearl got a burst of energy when we got into bed and she kept me up for a while.

Chewing on my hair.

My Little Fox

 Doesn't she look like a little fox?

      When I wrote my original post about our new puppy Pearl, I hadn't done much research on her breed.  I did some research on Pomeranians, but I didn't realize that on her paperwork that I got from the breeder, her breed said Volpino Pomerania. When I mentioned it to the vet at her puppy check up yesterday, he told me Volpino meant "little fox" and that these dogs originate in Italy. I found that interesting because I have been calling her my little fox since day 1. When I got home, I started doing more research and found that Volpinos are actually quite different from Pomeranians, and are a very rare breed {especially in the US}. A lot of people use the name Pomeranian as a general classification {here}, but they go by the name Volpino Italiano or Volpino Spitz.

Potty Training Attempt #1

     ***Let's just say we aren't quite there yet.***

    It really isn't as easy as I thought it would be. I thought Connor was ready because he would tell us when he had to go "pee pee," then he would sit on his potty and go every time we tried in the past. However, once we started potty training he would say it all the time. When we would ask him if he had to go, he would say "no" and shake his head. Then have an accident a few minutes later. When we would try and put him on his potty, he would start to fight us and cry.  Aaron and I tried for 4 days and decided we should wait another month, or so to try again. Here's how our 4 days went...