Bread Krumb Pressie 4 Mommy

Bark.....Bark.... Bark...

It's me Lass-C.

I told Mommy not 2 help me wiff my blog 2-day!

Me & Ben-G made a pressie 4 Mommy's Birthday coming up on Superbowl Sunday (Feb 3).

The gift is a surprise & we couldn't wait 2 tell u about it!

Looks like Mommy's sister & our Grandma were buying stuff off the B-day Gift registry that is hanging on the cold food box in the kitchen (refrigerator.)

Not 2 many items were left so, we decided to sign up 4 the BreadKrumbs. See, we wrote B+L on the registry.

Do you know, someone went and changed the quantity of stuff we requested.  Instead of 100 Balls, it says 1 (dot) 00.  Instead of 200 Frisbee it says 2 (dot) 00.  Who did that to the Registry?????

Eating Bread

We decided the first step to making Breadkrumbs was to eat bread & leave some crumbs behind.  Unfortunately, Benji ate every last crumb of bread on the plates!  We figured this was gonna be harder to do than we thought.  

Toast Bread

We then decided 2 make some toast bread.  (Note: we are doing this all 4 Mommy's behalf, so we helped eat the toast because some-1 had to eat the toast -- am I right or what!)

Crumbs

Look, there are breadkrumbs on the plate!  I told Benji not 2 eat them!

I carefully put the breadkrumbs in an envelope!

I put stickers on the envelope.  A present sticker and a Gingerbread man sticker.  So Mommy will no that the present is bread.

I then traced Benji's paw on the right, and I traced my paw on the left side of the envelope. (I don't think u can c it 2 good in the picture, it's in pencil.)

Bread Krumb Pressie

I spelled out our names, Lassie and Benji, in stickers and put them above our traced pawprints on the envelope.

That was exhausting!

I hope Mommy loves our gift!



Lassiter Chase and Benjamin Gilligan the Shelties
(Lass-C & Ben-G)

The Blogville Circus is Coming....

We didn't know the Circus is coming to Blogville in February!!!

We are so excited!!!!

We want to be clowns -- we need to get our clown outfits ready ASAP!!!

Some of the blogs hosting the events need your pictures by February 1st.

If anyone wants to find out more about pawticipating in the Blogville Circus,  here are the links...

For info on the Circus…

http://blogvillefun.blogspot.com/

For info on being a Clown…

http://alasandra2003.blogspot.com/2013/01/calling-all-clowns-by-tuiren.html

So much to do, so little time!


Lassiter Chase & Benjamin Gilligan
Lass-C & Ben-G

i survived a sleepover Pawty

Over the weekend, I decided to let Mommy's niece and her friend sleepover MY house with everybody's permission, of course! Mommy's niece really begged us to let her and the friend have a sleepover pawty, and I figured, how bad could it be for 2 "almost teenager" girls to sleep over for the night. Oh my dog -- boy was I ever wrong!  Turns out 2 other "almost teenager" girls from their grade slept over down the block the same night.  And Mommy was like -- lets get out the flashlight and see if they can see us sending flashlight signals in the dark to one another from our house to their house.  (Apparently, Mommy wasn't helping the situation!)  The flashlight signals worked, in case anyone was wondering.

The two friends down the block ended up coming over the next day (with permission) and we had a big pizza pawty at our place.  That was fun!  Anyway, I'm glad we all survived the smell of nail polish all night long.  Thank dog they didn't decided to paint us dog's nails!!!

I was the main character in a Wii Game that the friend brought over. It was kinda a sad game because Benji gets sick in the game, but it had a happy ending.   Anyway, at one point of the game, I was fishing in the game, to help out Benji.

 

In the Wii game, Benji is on the left.  Our Sheltie mom is in the middle.  Her name is MAR in the game, not sure how she got that name.  And I (Lassie) am on the right.  Do you see the caption, MAR says Good morning, Lassie!

Lassie is fishing. (Pulling the string in mouth.)

Lassie caught the Sea Bass to help out Benji!

That's the name of the game, The Dog Island.  I have both my ears up in this photo.  I don't stick both ears up at the same time much, so this was a Kodak moment!

 

Mommy's niece took this picture of me.  Doesn't it look like I'm sleeping. I am actually supervising at the pawty.   I am laying on Mommy's foot.  She is wearing her Sheltie socks. 

 

Mommy said to her niece and the friend, you know when I went to sleepover parties as a kid, they used to freeze the bra of the person who fell asleep first.    I quickly opened my eyes and said...  1) I'm not asleep.   2) I'm not a girl.   3) Don't anyone even think of freezing my collar since I don't wear a bra!      (Don't worry, nobody froze any garments that night!)

 

 

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This is what Mommy did at the Pawty to occupy some time while the girls were chatting.  Since Mommy's birthday is coming up on Superbowl Sunday she came up with a Birthday Gift Registry (Grocery List), of possible stuff for her sister to buy her as presents.  I helped write in the quantites of items.   Notice, I wrote in that we need 100 Balls and 200 Frisbees! 

Mommy will have to check the Gift Registry (hanging on our refrigerator) and see if any items were purchased.  Mommy's sister says she will be going to the dollar store to get some of the items on the list.

 

Just had to post another picture of myself.  I am adorable!

 

Have a Great Day!

 

Lassie & Benji

Blog Award for Mommy

Our blog friend Cocco the mini pig gave us a blog award. Thank you!!!!  It's actually a Sisterhood award, so it's for Mommy.
This is the link to Cocco's blog....
http://myminipetpig.com/2013/01/this-little-piggy-who-got-another-award-isnt-staying-home-alone/


Rules for the award:
1. Provide a link and thank the blogger who nominated you for this award.
2. Answer 10 questions.
3. Nominate 10-12 blogs that you find a joy to read.
4. Provide links to these nominated blogs and kindly let the recipients know that they have been nominated.
5. Include the award logo within your blog post

Here are the 10 questions:  (Here are Mommy's answers...)

What is your favorite color?  Purple

Your favorite animal? Sheltie, Collie, Golden Retriever  (Mommy's first dog was part Collie her name was "Mushka" its a Ukrainian name.  Mommy brother's dog was a Golden Retriever it left a big hole in Mommy's heart when that dog went over rainbow bridge. Of course Mommy loves us Shelties the most.)

Your favorite non-alcoholic drinks? Mommy's favorite is Wild Cherry Pepsi.

Facebook or Twitter? Facebook kinda.  Doesn't use it much.

Your favorite pattern? Mommy likes stuff that's pawprint pattern -- but she doesn't have any clothes in a pawprint pattern.  She wears weird socks though.  The louder and brighter the pattern the better!

Do you prefer getting or giving presents?  Giving. She loves to buy us dogs stuff and see our reaction.

Your favorite number? 3 is a magic number (singing it like in the School House Rock songs)

Your favorite day of the week? Saturday.  Mommy gets to spend more time with us on Saturday than any other day.

Your favorite flower? Gerber Daisy  (You saw our daisy shower curtain in one of our posts before...do you remember when our shower head broke before....)

What is your passion? Music!!! Singing in the church choir and playing the trombone and baritone horn for fun at home.  

Here is a video of Mommy singing in her church choir last week at a Festival of Ukrainian Christmas Carols.  Mommy is standing in the center so the director blocks her at times -- but that's ok.  Mommy sister and Mommy's niece also are in the choir in the video. The Christmas songs are translated to "Tam oo sviti -- There in the World" and "Po Vshomu Svitu -- Throughout the World".



http://youtu.be/RE3BNlK7grs



If you want to play along just say we nominated you for the blog award.

Have a great day.

Lassie and Benji

Mystery Solved - The Key & the Superhero Cape

In our last post I mentioned that Mommy found a key in our backyard while she was on Pooper Scooper Duty. Thank dog my Superhero Cape arrived just in time in the mail to help us solve this Key Mystery. We ordered the Superhero Cape "Apron" from Big Honey Dog's Store. We already determined it wasn't the key to our house, Mommy's Sister, or Mommy's Brother's house.

We read all the comments that you pets and pet people wrote on our last post offering suggestions.  You guys are all very smart -- we don't know what we would do without you!  Thank you, Thank you, Thank you!

Sara suggested digging very LARGE holes in the yard to find the map that will lead to a Treasure Box. (We thought that was a pawsome idea, butt wanted to consider all our options before we started digging.)

The Cowspot dogs suggested it was a key to Mom's heart. (That too was an excellent idea -- butt I never noticed a lock over Mommy's heart before. Maybe you have to insert the key in her belly button to unlock her heart -- that could be possible I suppose.)

Bailey named us "The cape crusader and his side kick." (We love that name, fits us perfectly!)

Casey asked us, "Do any neighbor kids cut through your yard sometimes as a shortcut?" (No, our yard is fenced in, so no one cuts through our yard except squirrels! Bark, Bark, Bark -- hate those squirrels!)

Dakota wants to check out the link to get to Honey's store. (Yep, I bet those superhero capes (APRONS) are a popular item at the store! Visit Honey's blog to find out about the store at www.bighoneydog.com )

Katy the Cat says she has a Photoshop Superhero cape. (Katy is a cool cat, we love her comments on our blog. Maybe Katy can teach us a thing or too about Photoshop. Bet it could come in handy one day.)

Parlance said, "Maybe you need a Detective Hat of some sort, like Sherlock Holmes used to wear. I'm sure your mum can come up with something!" (I wish Mommy were better at Photoshop, we could have put fancy detective hats on us. So, we resorted to wearing the hat/sweater that Grandma made for me when I was still a puppy years ago. Grandma knitted a blue hat for me with a pom pom on top when I was still a puppy. She came up with the style for it herself. She also knitted a sweater too. She put strings on the sweater to open and close it up because she didn't know how "fat" I was gonna get growing up. (Grandma, I think the term you were looking for was "muscular" not "fat" to describe me.) Benji and I aren't too fond of hats -- sorry, Grandma! So, we didn't do too much thinking with those detective hats.

I am wearing the "Thinking Hat" and wearing the Super Hero Cape "Apron"

Grandma made it.

 

The final comment we got was from Dawn, who said, "Who has been in your back yard guys?" (Excellent question Dawn! We racked our brains trying to think of who was in our back yard lately besides family. Below is our thought process...)

Strategy planning meeting.

Doesn't it look like we are sleeping in this photo. We are actually deep in thought in this picture trying to solve the Mystery!

I recalled a conversation that Mommy and Grandma had that morning before they left the house on an errand.   I told Benji, do you remember when Mommy told Grandma that Mommy has a lot of work to do in the backyard at Springtime.  Mommy never did finish picking up all the leaves along the sides of our backyard, and there are a lot of little twigs all over the yard to pick up.  It's been so windy lately so a lot of little tree branches are falling down in the backyard.  We only had some of the trees in our backyard trimmed in October and we had all of the trees in the front yard removed. Grandma told Mommy, she is so thankful that Mommy jumped back when that huge tree branch fell on Smurfette the Car in our driveway in October.  Grandma said that Mommy could have been killed that day!  Mommy, said, I know.  Mommy said, let's change the subject.   Grandma said, "You got a coupon for Petco in the mail today!"   Mommy said, "Yeah!!! Maybe Petco sells that cloth Frisbee I can buy for the dogs to replace the one that I accidentaly ran over with Clifford the Big Red Lawn Tractor in Autumn. The Frisbee was buried under the pile of leaves that I was trying to pick up with the lawn mower." 

A picture of the good old days before Mommy tore up our Frisbee with the Lawn mower!

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So, I told Benji -- I think I just figured out where the key came from!

Benji said -- zzzz!

I said, "Ben, you aren't sleeping are you!"

Ben said, "Did someone say Frisbee!"

I said, "Yes, Ben!"

I told Benji, that Mommy ran over our Frisbee in the yard with the lawnmower because she didn't see it! It was buried under leaves in the backyard that fell down in Autumn. And who was in our yard in October before the leaves started to fall down --- the Tree Cutting People.  They trimmed some branches in our backyard.    And Mommy never finished picking up all the leaves in the backyard.  The key must have been buried under some leaves, so she never saw it over the past couple of months.  It's been so windy lately, the wind must have pushed whatever leaves were remaining in our yard over to the sides of the yard.  That's how she just now found the key in the grass that must have been there since October! It's the Tree Cutting People's Key!  Mystery solved!!!

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Butt then, all of the sudden with a Flash of Lightening something happened in our house...

Actual photo of us.  It is not photo shopped or altered in any way.

I either got super tall or Benji must have shrunk!    I felt like "Big Honey Dog" herself -- I was twice the size of Benji, this must be what a Great Dane feels like everyday!   :)

Then I saw it  --  the ALIENS are back in our house!   (Where's Super Sheltie when you need him!) 

I grabbed my superhero cape and waved it over Benji -- and he grew back to his normal size!

The Aliens said, "Where's OUR Key -- the one to our Spaceship that we left in the backyard!"

Benji and I were still in a state of shock.  Then the Aliens went into our kitchen and pulled out some of the Gingerbread that Mommy's Godfather made her for Christmas.  (They are Ninja Gingerbread, and very tasty!)  

The Aliens zapped the Gingerbread men and shrunk them to create a small army of Gingerbread men!  

There were more of the army of gingerbread men in the bag.

I said, "The Key is in the Cabinet -- just take the key and go!"  Don't damage anything in our house, Grandma blames all the shredded tissue paper and things that you Aliens do in our house on us dogs you know!

The Alien took the key and left.

Alien taking the key.

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I told Benji, "Oh well, looks like it wasn't the Tree Cutting People's key afterall -- it was the Alien's Key!"

Benji said, "These tiny Gingerbread men cookies are bite-sized! Let me taste them!  Yumm one tastes like Chicken and the other one tastes like Bacon/Cheese!"

I said, "I agree, these tiny Gingerbread men treats are pawsome and they will fit really nice in my Superhero Cape!

I hope Grandma believes us when we tell her it was the Alien's Key!


Thanks for reading this very LONG post! 



Lassiter Chase and Benjamin Gilligan the Shelties,"The cape crusader and his side kick."

P.S. Too bad we didn't have a chance to dig really LARGE holes all over the yard like Sara suggested.  Maybe next time!

My Super Hero Cape Arrived just in time...

Mommy was on Pooper Scooper Duty yesterday in the yard.  Two things happened in the yard besides our obvious #1 and #2.  (That was a potty joke, get it -- pee and poo, #1 and #2).

Anyway... the first thing that happened was Benji's big red ball popped on the Christmas Tree in the back corner of the yard.  Benji was devastated, he kept going back and forth to the ball checking to see if the ball magically had air in it...unfortunately the ball is beyond repair.  Fortunately we have another ball, butt that ball is losing air fast.   Mommy promised to buy Benji another ball.

Benji with the popped ball and the other ball.

The second thing that happened is that Mommy found a key in the yard while she was on Pooper Scooper Duty.  Mommy thought that it was odd to find a key in our yard.  The first thing that came to her mind is ... which one of you boys has a girlfriend dog who gave us a key to their house!

Mommy, we don't have girlfriends (yet).  The key is not ours. 

Mommy is holding the key in her glove.

 

Super Lassie with Big Honey Dog cape "apron"

Fortunately my Super Hero Cape arrived just in time in the mail to help solve the mystery of key.   Mommy ordered a Super Hero Cape and a T-shirt from Big Honey Dog's Store http://bighoneydog.com/ you can get to the store from her blog.   The Super Hero Cape is marked as an "APRON" in the store, butt we all know it's a Super Hero Cape with a convenient pocket built right in it to store toys and dog treats!   (Hey Superhero dogs need to eat and play too.)

Some of you may ask, why do I get the Super Hero Cape and Benji only gets the T-shirt.  That's because I am the head of the house and Benji is only a Super Hero in training.  Benji doesn't focus on the job ahead, he only focuses on the toys and treats in my cape, so, Benji doesn't get his own Cape.

Benji stealing a toy out of the Toy/Treat pocket in my Super Hero Cape "Apron"

We still have a lot of detective work.  So far we know it's not the key to our house and it's not the key to Mommy's sister's house. Mommy asked her brother if he lost a key and he didn't think so.


I think its a key to buried treasure! 

Benji thinks its a key to a dog treat store!

Do you have any suggestions what the key might be for?


Lassiter Chase and Benjamin Gilligan the Shelties


p.s. By the way, the Aluminum Foil "Super Sheltie" that Mommy made from recycled Aluminum Foil ages ago is not available to help us solve this mystery -- Mommy kinda tore his red cape while hanging up Christmas Stockings last month and is waiting for Valentines Day to see if she can get a big piece of red aluminum foil on a chocolate to re-do his cape.  

One of Super Sheltie's finer moments defeating Aliens who invaded our house ages ago, before Mommy tore his cape off, by accident.

Snow & Snowman

We only got a coating of snow over the weekend.  Us dogs love the snow butt Mommy hates shoveling. So, Mommy is happy with the coating of snow on the grass we got on Sunday.  The only bad part of not getting much snow is that you can't make a snowman.

Benji & me (Lassie)

Mommy decided to take a picture of her breakfast which was a Snowman Donut.  The donut was a little hard because it was a couple of days old.   Mommy's niece said she was gonna eat it -- so Mommy was saving it for her.  Butt she didn't eat it.

Snowman Donut

Mommy didn't want to throw out the cute donut so she decided to eat it.

It was too hard to eat - so she did what Grandma always tells her to do "Just stick it in the microwave for a few seconds and the donut will get soft."

So, Mommy put Frosty in the microwave hoping the donut would get soft and after about 10 seconds, Mommy glanced in thru the microwave window and saw Frosty melting!  Mommy stopped the microwave in record speed. Took out Frosty the Snowman donut and said.... WHAT HAVE I DONE!!!

The donut was a little softer.  Butt Mommy felt so bad because the Frosting was dripping all over her hand.

Lesson learned!  Don't stick a cute Snowman Donut in the microwave EVER !!!

Lassiter Chase and Benjamin Gilligan the Shelties

Happy New Year

Happy New Year Blogville!

First I wanted to share a couple of pictures from Christmas.  The first picture is Mommy getting the treats out of our stockings that Santa Paws gave us.  (Mommy didn't know the picture was being taken or she would have looked up at the camera.) Benji's stocking is closest to the tree, and mine is the blue one with the pawprint.

The second picture is of the presents that Santa Paws and Mommy's Sister and family gave Mommy.  The two Sheltie ornaments have our names written on them, not sure if you can tell by the picture.  Mommy was so thrilled when she opened that present.   The Beware of Shetland Sheepdog sign was also a big hit!   Mommy got a Smurfette the smurf ornament and a trombone ornament too.  The green sheep pen was from Mommy's nephew.  He picked it out by himself at the school holiday shop and Mommy loves it.  We think its pawsome too since its a sheep.

 

Here is a picture of us today on New Year!  We were watching that parade with all those floats with the flowers on it, I think its the Tournament of Roses Parade.  And then we flipped the TV channel and watched the Philadelphia Mummers Parade.

Mommy asked me and Benji what part of the parade we liked best.   Of course I said I loved the "Lassiter High School Marching Band" they marched in the Roses Parade.  (Of course I liked that band the best because my first name is "Lassiter" but everyone calls me "Lassie" you know.)

Benji said he liked the Dinosaur float the best at the Roses Parade.  He is trying to do an impression of a dinosaur breathing fire, butt I think dragons breathe fire, not dinosaurs. Anyway I let him have his fun sticking his tongue out like he was a dinosaur/dragon.

 

 

 

Happy New Year Blogville! Thanks for being our friends!

Lassiter Chase and Benjamin Gilligan the Shelties (Lassie and Benji)