Bath Day!

Today was bath day for Pippin. He hates taking a bath! We never use the bathroom upstairs, so when he hears me run water upstairs he instantly takes off and looks for a hiding place. Afterwards he streaks through the house. It's quite the strange little ritual. This pic was taken April 2004. Look at my enormous arms!! I was nearly 40 pounds heavier then. UGH!

I want to play!

Say Aaaaah

I'd like to say he's grown into his tongue....but why lie? This pic was taken circa March 2004.

A coworker forwarded me an email with various pet related anecdotes earlier this week, and I found this piece to be particularly funny (and TRUE!) Enjoy!

To pacify you, my dear companions, I have posted the following notice on
our front door:

Rules for Non-Pet Owners Who Visit and then Complain About Our Pets ---

1. The pets live here. You don't.
2. If you don't want their hair on your clothes, stay off the
furniture. (That's why it's call "fur"niture.)
3. To you, our pets are just animals. To us, they are an adopted
son/daughter who happens to be hairy, walks on all fours and doesn't
speak clearly.
4. Dogs and cats are easier than kids because:
---- They don't ask for money all the time
---- They are easier to train
---- They usually come when called
---- They don't hang out with drug-using friends
---- They don't need a gazillion dollars for a college education, and
---- if they get pregnant, you can sell the children. :)

Pippin's Ode to the Olympics

Doesn't he look like an Olympic speed skater with his hoodie on?? I bet he's having Olympic gold dreams.

Winter Weather Procedures

I think Pippin has it covered.

Pippin is Done Playing in the Snow!

Pippin is COLD!

Pippin Is Ready To Play in the Snow!!!

3 MONTHS TIL POOL TIME!!!

Blizzard Day Activities

During the Blizzard of 06 we decided to get some take-out, curl up on the couch and watch a movie. Five minutes into the movie my brother called and talked for 1.25 hours and the "blizzard" was obviously a code name for "rain". Blah. But we did have a good game of fetch and tug. If you ask Pippin to bring you his football he'll bring the remains of this little monster everytime. Maybe if I asked him to bring me his little monster he'd bring me his football. Hmmmm.....

Pippin USED to Steal Socks...

and take them and destroy them... until one day Mommy went to the store and Daddy caught him red handed... um... pawed.

"YOU WANNA WEAR SOCKS? OH, WE'LL WEAR SOME SOCKS", I yelled as I took the socks out of his mouth and placed them on his feet. I then proceeded to have a impromptu photoshoot.

Needless to say... he hasn't destroyed a single sock since then.

Sleeping Beauty

Pippin has been upset with lack of updates. One day I came home to find him trying to open the laptop so he could post himself. He would have succeed if it weren't for his lack of thumbs.

After returning from Miami, we picked Pippin up from the kennel and he proceeded to sleep... for 3 days.