What A Yummy weekend

Our weekend was cake filled - this is very special for us because my parents don't usually let us eat human food. First we had cake for TanTan's birthday. Then we had cake and more for Maddy's - we got to eat anything that the kids dropped and ALL the leftover cake. I'ze was in sugar heaven. Too bad every weekend isn't a birthday weekend.

I forgot to tell you

Thursday night around dusk, Momma saw a woman across the street with what she thought were two goldens that looked like me and my brother. So she ran over to the woman and met the pups which were actually a golden and a yellow lab named Stanley and Murphy. Apparently they live around the corner from us!!! Momma got their number for us so we'll have a play date soon. Meanwhile Cole was here again yesterday. We shared some of our treats with her. We'll probably see her again tomorrow when we go to Aunt Corey's.

Happy Birthdays

Happy Birthday to my brother Tanner, Aunt Corey and Momma's Friend CF.

Today

Cole came over for a while today when her parents were at work cause they were having some work done at her house. Monte and her played pretty rough out in the yard. I'ze dont like to play too rough - so I stayed with Momma. Later on we went to the park and picked up Carley and her Mom on the way. We had double the fun today. Which is a good thing because it started raining tonight and it's gonna rain through Sunday. Why does this always happen on weekends????

GO BOLTS!!

We spent the day at Aunt Corey's

Momma and Poppa went to Nascar today so they took us to Aunt Corey's in the morning. Uncle Crumley was supposed to be there waiting for us but he must have forgotten we were coming. When we got there Duke's Mom was walking him so Momma invited him in the yard. Cole was in her yard with her parents too, so we introduced Duke to our friend Cole. We all played for a while but then Duke had to go cause his Mom and Dad were going to the a football game. Momma and Poppa waited for Uncle Crumley but he wasn't showing up, so we stayed with Cole until Uncle Crumley showed up. It was a beautiful day today so Aunt Corey made us and the girls play in the yard a lot. We also watched golf with Uncle Crumley. We'ze wasn't too thrilled about that because we wanted to watch Nascar and see if we saw Momma and Poppa on tv and cheer on our fave driver - even though he didn't win. We watched the Eagles games which sucked. We don't like the Eagles!! Aunt Corey made up for the torture by taking us and Cole out for a walk. The Chargers play tomorrow - GO BOLTS!!

Just got home

not only did the kids spill tons of yummy food for us but we saw Duke! Duke is the golden that lives one block up from Aunt Corey. We first met him when he was a 9 week old little cotton ball. He's 7 months now and huge. Momma saw him while we'ze was finishing up dinner which we'ze was having on the deck in the yard because the weather has been so nice. His Mom was walking him while talking on her cell. Momma yelled out for Duke but his Mom didn't hear her so Momma chased her down. Next thing you know Momma's walking back with Duke and his Mom is walking behind them. They came into the yard and we played for a good while. We'ze gonna be over at Aunt Corey's again tomorrow when Momma and Poppa go to Nascar and Duke's Mom said she'd bring him over. And we'ze sure to see Cole too. We don't want to be away from Momma and Poppa but we'ze glad we have something to look forward too. Oh and L&M went apple picking today - we'ze love apples!!

Carley came to visit

.....last night we'ze was at home waiting for Poppa when Carley and her family stopped over to drop of some cookies and treats for us - Thanks Carley, Mr and Mrs Sharp and Caleb. Caleb had a soccer game last night so Momma suggested Carley stay here with us and play for a while. We had so much fun we ran around and wrestled for about an hour, then came inside and got a bite to eat. We were watching tv for a little while when Carley's family came to pick her up.

This morning, we'ze went to get our nails clipped and Momma bought us Halloween costumes. I haven't decided yet what I am going to be - either an angel or a witch. We'ze hasn't found a costume for Mr. Monte yet. Since getting back from the pet store we'ze spent most of the day outside doing some yardwork and with the exception of the one time that we ran down the street to meet a yellow lab, we'ze was really behaved.

Tomorrow Momma and Poppa are going to Nascar - that's my favorite sport. We'ze gonna stay at Aunt Corey's cause Poppa said the cars are much louder in real life than they are on tv and we'ze get kinda scared by loud noises.

Off to Aunt Corey's for dinner in a while - bye.

Stuff

Poppa is home again - yippee. While he was away yesterday Momma took us for TWO walks in the parks. The first time we went we saw Cooper and Chip. Chip's fur has highlights in it from the sun - she looks really nice. And Cooper's parent's are away so he's staying at his sitter's house. The second time we went with Carley. We thinks she's getting her licker under control. We only went for one walk today but that's okay cause we played a ton and saw Cooper again. Uncle Gimme is back tomorrow - we'ze excited about getting pettings from him. Our sunroom is almost done. Poppa still needs to do the electrical and the tile work but we've been spending a ton of time in there already. Tomorrow we're gonna ask Uncle Gimme to build us steps so that Monte can go in and out to the yard through the sunoom. He's got trouble jumping up into the sumroom cause of his hippies. I'ze okay though - I'ze got a spring in my step.

Poppa came home and left again.

Poppa finally got home very late on Friday night and we pretty much went straight to bed. Now he's gone again but he will be home again really, really late tomorrow night after we've already gone to bed and I have my toes crossed that maybe he won't travel for a while. We had a lazy day at home yesterday since Poppa just wanted to relax after being gone all week. He made some of his home made pizza which I love and we had icy cream and watched a movie. He left pretty early today but before going, him and Momma took us to the park where we played with Winnie and Rocky. We met a new dog named Diohgi (pronounced D-O-G). Pretty cool. It turns out that he actually only lives down the block from us so maybe we'll be playing with him more often. We also played with Buddy, one of our Golden Retriever friends. Tonight we went over to Uncle Crumley's for dinner. Aunt Corey is away and we know that he usually sneaks us table food so we were all for it. Unfortunately he made mac n cheese and said he thought it was to cheesy for us this time. We still ate anything the girls dropped though. And we got to play with Cole which made it even better. Cole's dad said that Cole may come over one day this week. We can't wait!

Poppa finally comes home tomorrow.

Don't ask me why but it seems like Poppa has been gone forever. I wonder if I will recognize him when I see him. When I talked to him today he said that if I don't remember what he looks like I should look at all the pictures of him around the house. The thing is I'ze never seen any pictures around the house. So I asked Momma about it and she pointed them out. Well no wonder I'ze never seen them, they'ze way up on the wall nowhere near my line of vision. I told Momma that wasn't very fair. So Momma put a pic on the lower shelf of her bookshelf for me. It's a pic of me and my brother with Poppa on the beach in Ireland. For those of you that don't know - yes there is a beach in Ireland - it's an island silly! We'ze just got back from the park and I am heading to bed as soon as I am done blogging. We'ze tuckered out. We played with Carley, Abby, Lady, Sandy and we met a new pup name Lola. Carley's human brother Kaleb was there also and he gave us lots of hugs and played with us. We'ze like him. Good Night.

Day Three

Day 3 without Poppa. We miss him a ton and Momma's not letting us get away with anything. We much more prefer it when she's away and he's here with us. The first night he was away, I ran upstairs at bedtime and jumped up in bed. Momma kicked me out! Why? Look at all that room. But she stuck to her guns and was a meanie and we had to sleep in our own beds next to hers. Then yesterday it poured here for a while but once the rain let up she took us to the park. We saw Cooper and found out that our friend Chip is back from her stay at the shore for the summer. We can't wait to see her. Bet she's got a great tan.

Woofstock

We'ze went to Woofstock today. We'ze had fun but we don't do so well when there is a lot of people and commotion around us and we need to be leashed. We stayed for a while but were just as happy when Momma and Poppa said it was time to go. There were a ton of pups there and as soon as we got there two pups started barking at Monte and that set him off... it was smackdown time. Our parents made sure to keep us apart the rest of the time we were there. We saw three horses there. Poppa says they were Great Danes but I'ze pretty sure they were ponies. Seriously they were so tall that they're heads reached Momma's chest. The best thing about Woofstock is that we saw our friend Kobe there. He wasn't too thrilled to be leashed either. Tomorrow Poppa is back in Chicago for a week. Maybe he'll bring something good back with him.

Happy Birthday Lauren

Lauren's birthday was actually yesterday but Momma was on the computer all day so I didn't have a chance to write. In honor of Lauren's birthday we'ze all went over to Lauren's house for some ice cream cake - it was so delicious - I never knew my favorite food came in the form of a cake. That's definitely the kind of cake I want for my birthday. The Willison's were there also and Larissa just loves us. It was utter chaos there last night. Five kids, three dogs and a cat. Finally all the kids either went to bed or home and Aunt Corey and Momma took us and Cole for a walk. I hadn't been for a walk in the dark since my Ireland days. Today we're preparing for the tropical storm were supposed to get. It hasn't started raining yet but it is very humid and warm out. My fur is out of control. I am totally frizzy. Good thing I don't have any important public appearance that I need to make today. Later on today Momma needs to go to Lauren's official birthday party. There will be 16 kids there. We'ze aren't going cause we'd go nuts. Momma doesn't really ever drink but she's considering a few shots before she heads over.... the only problem is she'd need a ride and Poppa has vowed not to go anywhere near that house today. We'ze kinda sad about not going though because with all those kids there is great potential for dropped food.

Labor Day

Poppa is home with us today and we'ze will be demanding lovins and attention all day (once he gets out of bed). We're hoping for a lazy day at home today since we've already had our fill of excitement. Momma took us to the park really early this morning. She figured since it was a holiday and it was so early no one would be out. Boy was she wrong. Anyway, we met up with Carley while we were there and we'ze was playing and minding our business when a woman came by. Carley loves to meet new people and ran up to her. The woman didn't take to Carley very much - how that's possible I don't know cause other than all the kisses Carley gives, she's swell. Well to make a long story short the woman had a few choice words for us and if you know my Momma you know she doesn't just stand for that. It was on. Luckily Carley's mom was much more level headed than my Momma otherwise we'd be bailing her out of jail right now. Luckily it was just the two of us with Momma this morning cause Cole's dad picked her up on Saturday. We kinda miss having a third wheel around. And I'ze want her to come back real soon cause her Momma sent some yummy food over with Cole. Cousin Kitty is still here. We think she's going home later today. Once she leaves it will be quiet for a while. We'ze won't have to listen to her and Sporkie hiss at each other anymore. Kitty has commandeered the living room and whenever Sporkie walks in or just through Kitty hisses at her and like Momma, Sporkie won't just take it. I think she walks through the living room more when Kitty is her than any other time just to get on her nerves.