Hide And Seek?

 Oh where, oh where has my little dog gone?

Oh where, oh where could she be?

OMG Hi!

(Mama's note: I did not put Lily under the blanket! She often burrows under the covers to play... in fact, this morning, I woke up to her frantically burying herself in my covers!)

Mama's Birthday Present

Hi everyone! We wanted to show you the birthday present that our Uncle Jay sent to our Mama! Its a book about dog training, called How To Be Your Dog's Best Friend. It was written by these monks in New York who raise and train dogs at their monastery! Can you believe that? Mama already started reading it last night. We told her that she is already our best friend... and she said "ditto," but she said she thinks Uncle Jay sent her this book because he thinks Lily needs to be trained more. 


(Lily: "What? Why do I have to be the one to get trained more?" 
Trixie: "Because you're the one that would never stop barking at him while he was here!" 
Lily: "Thats because he's like twelve feet tall and really loud! Besides... I am the one with perfect recall skills. All Mama has to do is call my name and open her arms, and I run straight to her. You are the one that Gramma has to chase into the street every time a dog walks by."
Trixie: "Well, who is the one who still pees on the carpet?"
Lily: "Who is the one who still jumps up on people when they're making food in the kitchen?"
Trixie: "You do that too. Its just that you're so small, nobody cares."
Sammy-Joe: "Quit arguing! You both could use some training as far as I'm concerned!") 


So... yeah. It looks like a really good book! Mama said when she's done reading it, we'll tell you all about it. And if anyone else has read it, let us know what you think!

Who Is This Beautiful Doggie?

Hi everyone! Its me, Trixie! Guess who got her very first professional grooming today? I'll give you a hint.

BEFORE

AFTER

I know, its a little hard to tell the difference in these pictures. Mama didn't want them to change me too much because she thought I looked super cute already. But I did get my face fur trimmed very nicely, and some of the wild hair on my back and sides, and also my... eh-em... buttock hair! My nails were also clipped, and I got a nice bath! Mama thinks I look very neat and clean. What do you think?


Lily just got her nails cut this time. But next time, its going to be her turn to get groomed! I don't think they'll be able to make her look as cute as I do, though, do you?

Dude, where are our comments?

We have an odd mystery here!
On Wednesday, when Lily posted about her birthday, we got 18 comments! We know, because we got each of the wonderful comments through our email, and we read them all there.
But when we checked on our actual blog, it said we only got 4 comments on that day! 
So... where'd the other 14 comments go? We know you all commented! We read them all! But they are not on our blog!
Hmm. Blogger.com is SUCH A PAIN sometimes!

Happy Birthday To Lily!

Hi, everyone! Its me, Lily Billy, and guess what? Today is my BIRTHDAY! Two year ago today, very early in the morning, I was born straight into my (human) Mama's hands!

Mama wanted to get me lots and lots of toys, but she is still broke! So she tried to give us a special day. (Trixie and Sammy-Joe also got a special day, because Mama was even broker when it was their birthday back in March!)

For my birthday treat, Mama made me special cupcakes! She put some of my favorite foods... peanut butter and carrots... in the cupcakes. Do they look delicious?

Since Sammy-Joe doesn't really like cupcakes, he got a can of cat food that he loves, and some CatSip!

Then, we went outside, where Mama said we could play outside for as long as we wanted to. But since it was so hot, we mostly sat under the picnic table.

We did get to share my birthday cupcakes with Andi, our neighborlab, and her sister and

brother!

(This is Andi looking over the fence to see if we have more cupcakes for her.)

We got hot and tired fast, even though Mama gave us a bowl of water outside. So we came inside, and Mama gave me my present... a great new Busy Bone! (Trixie got one too, but she ran off to hide hers right away.)

Mama promised she would get us all some better presents when she has more money... but we don't care. We are happy just being loved! (The cupcakes and new bones were a nice touch though.)

Uh-oh, my Mama wants to write something. She is picking me up and moving me! BYE EVERY

ONE! HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME!

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From Lily's Mama...

Happy Birthday, little Lily! I love you with all my heart! I loved you as much then...

as I do now!

Thank you for being my puppy!

Love, Mama

Who Wants To Buy This House?

Our friend Pip is trying to sell his house. It looks like this.

Well, okay, it doesn't look exactly like that! For one thing, it is not a cartoon. But we are sure it is a very nice house! So if you are looking for a new house in the Chicago area, we can totally hook you up with a good one!

OK, thats all... back to your regularly scheduled activities!

Lazy Dogs

Something great happened this morning!
When Gramma and Grampa left for work, we were barking angrily at them through the window, saying, "Fine! Go ahead, then! Just leave us here! Don't feel guilty or anything!"
Then we heard someone calling us from upstairs.
It was Mama!
She never went to work today! 
So we all got to cuddle in bed together for several more hours!
(Except for Sammy-Joe, who was sleeping on the desk!)
Happy Cinco De Mayo, by the way!