Wordless Wednesday

'Tis the season for frustration!

Just a little rant here. I ordered photo cards for Christmas last week. I chose a card with two pictures on it. They arrived today and the second picture is SIDEWAYS! ARGH!!! Now I know for a fact I didn't order it that way.. misspelling something, that I could do, but a sideways picture??? No friggen way. So to those of you reading that are waiting for a wonderful card with pictures of Bug.. you may get it after Christmas!

Photo Hunters ~ Long

My dachshund Rocket may not be tall but he is certainly long!

The life of dogs

I love dogs, but why do they have to be so gross sometimes? I have two little dogs. Yesterday I look out my office window to see Angel my mini American Eskimo eating something in the front yard. I tap on the window, she doesn't even look up, she is ripping it apart. Great, just great.

I go outside to inspect it.

Me: "What are you eating baby girl?"

Angel: " GRRRRRR"

Me: " Don't growl at me move aside"

Angel: "GRRRRRR"

She looks up and I see that she is eating a rabbit leg... feet and furl still on it.

Me: " EWWWWWW Gag.. let it go... gag"

Angel: " GRRRRRRR"

Me: " Never mind.. you can have it.. gag..."

You would think looking this pretty that she wouldn't do such icky things.

And so he doesn't feel left out, here is a pic of my mini-dachshund Rocket.

I have no idea where the rest of the rabbit is.. and I don't think I want to know!

Wordless Wednesday

Stranger danger

A little conversation from this morning...

Me: "Bug would you like some oatmeal for breakfast?"

Bug: "Mom, you don't need to call me Bug. There aren't any strangers in our house."

Me: "Oh well.. sorry... I didn't think you cared that I called you Bug"

Bug: " Save it for the computer mom."

And it starts....

The Bird Feeder

Because I used a picture from the bird feeder project for photo hunters, I decided to show the project in is entirety. My aunt Jane sent Bug a build your own bird feeder kit for his birthday. He loves making things and he loves watching birds. Someday I'll tell you all about his obsession with the Audubon society bird book I have, but that will take a while so it will have to be another post. Here is how we started out.

This was mostly a father & son project, with mom as number one spectator and picture taker. Hubby would start the nails, let Bug pound them in and then finish them up to make sure they were tight.

Bug concentrated very hard and didn't hit daddy's finger once with the hammer. Although daddy was a bit nervous that he would loose a couple digits.

They got it all put together. It turned out just like the picture on the box. Good job boys.

Then it was time to paint. Bug picked out which colors would go where. He then meticulously painted the whole house. He let me paint a bit of blue and let daddy help even the paint out a bit now and then.

At one point he said "Mom, I want to be an artist when I grow up!" Last week it was a rock star and the week before it was an animal watcher so I won't get too excited about it yet.

The next day I picked up some bird seed from the store and we filled it up.

Now here is a funny thing, Bug didn't remember, but Aunt Jane bought him a bear backpack for his first birthday. It has been hanging in his closet for a while. Out of the blue he put it on to go outside and fill the bird feeder with. Spooky!

By the way, he filled the back pack with three pairs of shorts and some sandals. Funny boy.