Cat Fishing, Car Sitting, and Sand Digging

 Dexy and I also spent some time visiting with my former advisor and his wife, Gloria. We got to talk a little shop (academics and parenting) and they taught Dexter how to "fish" for their cats by dangling a feather toy and luring them out from hiding. Dexy almost pulled it off but got too excited and Pepper ran for the hills.

Dexter got such a thrill sitting in Jim's "special car that turns into a convertable."  Jim let Dexy press the button and I watched that hood go up and down ("This car only has seats for two people, Mommy."). Ben just read this post and informed me that it was actually the roof, not the hood, going up and down.

Then we headed to a local park where Dexter explored every apparatus except for the most obvious and special one: the long slide built into the hill. It was all nice, easy time.