Trouble on Tuesday - An Almost Perfect Party

We celebrated Hanukkah on Saturday.

Lady and Man spent 2 days cleaning and cooking. The latkes were exceptional this year. Man used a hamburger press to make them uniformly great. 

All our family came, include cousin Emma.

Hailey got all the love. 

Uncle Chris won best dressed. 

The only problem with this day, was earlier we got just a little bit of snow.  

It was enough to make the roads just slippery enough that 2 of our guests rolled their car on the way over. They are ok, sore and scared. We were all just grateful it was not more serious. 

Splashing Into The Long Weekend!

Happy Victoria Day! 

 

Happy Thanksgiving! A Family Adventure

To all our Canadian pals we wish you a wonderful Thanksgiving. May your day be filled with love, laughter and plenty to eat. 

We are spending this Thanksgiving 750 km away from home with the Lady's parents. 

Our adventure started on the 4th, when we got up at stupid o'clock (4:30 am), went for a walk and by 5:30 we were in the car for the long, long drive. We stopped 3 times. Phod was never sick in the car (yay) and 8 hours and 45 minutes we were at the former cottage, now a house. 

On the drive down

Are we there yet?

 We have been very busy here:

Taking Grandma's chair

Supervising the Big Guy's nap

Catching up with their dog Tendra

Supervising the Big Guy some more

Allowing Lady to sit in Lee's favourite chair

Helping make the stuffing

Being worried we may be about to get in trouble for helping make the stuffing

Helping the Lady and Big Guy with genealogy.

We hope there is some turkey for all our hard work!  

Happy Thanksgiving! 

Travel Tuesday - Our Summer Vacation

Today we join Mayor Arty and Jakey in

If instead of being in jail, we got to go with our people to Oregon, this is what we would have done -

We would have run with the buffalo in the Calgary Airport during our 3 hour stop over. 

We would have met some friends at the zoo.

A bear - it reminds us of KB's bears on her blog

A rhino - that is a bit scary

The giraffe, he is tall and could help us reach the squirrels

We would have made friends with a monkey.

We would have been very good in the car as we drove from Portland to Rockaway Beach.

We would have enjoyed walking on the beach by the ocean. We wouldn't have appreciated the rocks the way the Lady did (we will share those pictures later)

We would have loved all the good smells of walking in the woods. 

Most importantly we would have cherished the time spent with friends. 

Jakey, Arty, Flat Ruby, Flat Us, Stanley and Murphy

That is how we would have liked to spend our summer vacation.

Make Up Your Own Holiday Day

Ranger, the holiday guru, said today is make up your own holiday.

After careful consideration, Hailey has declared today "Sun-puddle Appreciation Day".  So find yourself a sun puddle and enjoy!

Talk Like a Pirate Day

Ahoy Maties!

Shiver Me Timbers!

We think the Lady should have to walk the plank for her pitiful attempt to dress us like pirates. Her pink sleep mask (yes, Princess Lady uses one of those), is not a pirate eye patch. The things one has to put up with! We tried to rock it!

Happy Easter!

From our pack to your pack, Happy Easter!

Hailey Bunny

Phody Bunny

Duckie - aka Cousin Emma

Two reluctant bunnies - Cousin Maggie and Phod

It was a Very Good Friday

Friday, I got up, checked the weather and nearly danced. Highs of 12 C/53 F. The warmest it has been in months. I decided it was time to go to the dog park.

Going anywhere in the car is an ordeal for us given Phod's carsickness problems. I had to give him his meds. We decided to try a slightly lower dose as he hasn't been as sick the past few times. He either heard me say he was having a pill or he heard me get it ready because he hid and wasn't thrilled. Then Hailey can be fed, but Phod can't be so I took him out to play while Hailey ate. Then there was getting us dressed for going to a wet and muddy park, getting the car ready in case he threw up and waiting at least 2 hours before leaving. 

Finally around 10:30 we were ready! It is an hour drive to the park. 

Impatient dogs in the park

For all the hassle of getting ready and the stress it caused Phod (although fortunately he wasn't sick) were worth it. They had so much fun at the park!

A happy Phod running to the next tree to pee

Hailey enjoying some off leash time. 

Look who joined us - Cousin Emma! She was excited to see us.
I was glad to be wearing my boots and splash pants. Lots of people were not wearing
appropriate footwear for the swampy, icy, muddy mess. 

Phod on the snow going around one of the huge puddles. 

Hailey getting a treat before being put on leash. She kept going too far away
and not listening to come back in a timely manner. 

A new memorial to dogs who are at the rainbow bridge. 

The reason Hailey had to be on leash. Lots and lots of squirrels.

Hailey watching the squirrel

My handsome boy. He won the hearts of many small dog owners with his gentle
 and slow interactions with their dogs. They couldn't believe how sweet he was!

An example of one of the ice swamps. 

Hailey making friends 

A happy girl, even if she was on leash! 

The dogs had a great time. We can't wait to get to the park over the spring and summer. It is worth the drive and we like giving Phod the opportunity to go in the car to great places! They were very quiet on the ride home!

Happy Valentine's Day