Park Day - Storybook Land

Our pawsome blog friend, Finn, the Director of Parks and Recreation in Blogville, said April 26th is Park Day. She encouraged everyone to visit a park near them and write her a comment saying we pawticipated.

 

 

We visited STORYBOOK LAND.  This amusement park is located just outside of Atlantic City in New Jersey.  It has lots of rides for human pups and lots of other fun stuff to look at too.

 

We kinda visited the park last year and never showed you the pictures from our trip before.

 

Thanks to new technology (cell phone picture), the digital version of flat Lassie and Benji had a pawsome time at the park. 

 

(Real dogs aren't allowed in the amusement park -- but Mary Had a Little Lamb's sheep was there -- go figure.) Anyway...

 

 

Here is a photo of us with Humpty Dumpty! We thought Humpty Dumpty did an eggcelent job sitting on his wall all day long!  (Too bad he didn't fall down because we love scrambled eggs.)

 

 

 

Here we are with Phil and Phyllis.   These two were the mascots at the Phillies baseball games before there was the Phillie Phanatic mascot.  Mommy doesn't remember, but sports fans remember a time when these Phil and Phyllis statues were animated in Veteran's Stadium.  I don't know fur sure, but they say Phil would swing his bat and Phyllis would kick up her feet whenever there was a homerun.

Here is a clearer picture of Phil and Phyllis.  Phil has a baseball bat that says "Storybook Land" on it.  Phyllis is holding a flag that says "Phillies".

Oh my dog, here is a picture of us with Cinderella's pumpkin carriage! (We have a blog friend named Cinderella, she is a boxer dog.  I wonder if she took her pumpkin carriage to the Blogville Valentine's Ball a couple of months ago?)

Look it's a picture of us with that rabbit from "Alice in Wonderland". Do you see our cell phone picture thru the hole in the rabbit's head.   Don't worry, us dogs didn't eat a hole in the rabbit's head -- the hole was there already before we got there.

Finally, this is us with the one and only Mother Goose!  I didn't realize she was that tall in person!

We bought a pawsome flag from Storybook Land.  We both sniffed the corners of the flag -- and could taste the fun we had there!  (This is a picture of us right before we wrote this blog post.)

Thanks Finn for hosting Park Day.  We had so much fun in Storybook Land!

Happy Park Day!

Lassie and Benji

Mommy at the deli counter...

This post doesn't have anything to do with me! (Insert big dramatic dog sighing sounds here.)  It's all about Mommy!

After work one day this week, Grandma told Mommy to go to the supermarket and buy lunch meat.

Grandma doesn't like when the deli department pre-slices lunchmeat because she says they slice it "too thick."

So, Grandma told Mommy to wait in line (however long it takes) and get some "extra thin" sliced ham.

So, Mommy went to the supermarket and you have to pull a number, and wait your turn in line until they call your number.  The number they were on was (95) at the time.

Mommy's number on her piece of paper was  (01).   Mommy was tired from work and just wanted to go home --  she kept repeating in her head...I'm number Zero One... I'm number Zero One...

So finally, after waiting and waiting for like 87 hundred hours.  The number they were on was Zero Zero (00).  Mommy thought in her head... I'm next.  I'm number "Zero One."

Then finally the lunchmeat man called out... "Number One."

Mommy excitedly shouted out... "I'm Number One!"  And she was waving her number way up high in the air!

Mommy kinda made a scene, shouting it out like that!  You would have thought she won a contest or was at a sporting event or something the way she said it!

She was expecting them to say "Zero One" and didn't put two and two together that her number was actually just "One" instead of "Zero One." (Like I said, Mommy was tired and wasn't thinking straight.)

So, after a bunch of people in line rolled their eyes at Mommy. (Because they were jealous that Mommy is #1 and they're not!).    Mommy said to the lunchmeat man as soon as she made her way to the counter...  I would like ham sliced "extra thin".

Mommy said, if the other customers didn't already roll their eyes at Mommy before -- they sure were rolling their eyes at Mommy now! People were kinda grumbling about how long it was gonna take for them to slice lunch meat "extra thin."  People were looking at their watches and pacing back and forth.

Then Mommy said to the lunchmeat man, "Please, I'm your #1 customer."

The lunchmeat man sliced the ham perfectly, and Mommy got out of there as quickly as possible.

Mommy is glad to have made it out of the deli department in one piece!  (Guess you had to have been there -- in hind sight, Mommy thought it was funny!)

Mommy holding the #01 paper.

 

I'm #1.

Lassie and Benji

P.S.  Mommy says...isn't it easier to just put one slice of thick sliced lunchmeat on a sandwich instead of lining up about 5 slices of extra-thinly sliced lunchmeat! 

P.P.S.  Benji and I got to taste the ham when Mommy made Grandma a sandwich -- and it was pawsome!

Featured... & Snow White the Sheltie & the Aliens

We have some Pawsome news!  We are Featured on Pet Blog United website today. Here is the link if you want to check out our featured post.  http://petblogsunited.blogspot.com/2013/04/lassiter-chase-benjamin-shelties.html.  Hooray! 

We want to welcome any new bloggers who are visiting our blog. My name is Lassiter Chase, I am the voice of the blog and I have a little brother named Benjamin.  (Our nicknames are Lassie and Benji.)


We wanted to do a special blog post since we are featured, Mommy had all these plans yesterday at creating a video... and then she remembered she had to get me to finish filing her income taxes before the April 15th deadline.   I told Mommy, "What's more important -- filing income taxes or helping me write a special blog post!"

So, anyway in an attempt at doing both a special blog post and filing taxes on time... we present to you a photo version of....

Snow White the Sheltie & the Aliens

I hope you don't mind our blurry pictures.  (We got some bonus treats from Mommy during some of the scenes, so, some pictures are blurry.)

 

(Act 1)

 

Our Play begins in Queen Lassie McQueen's Castle.  (I am the actor playing the part of Queen Lassie McQueen.)  Do you see the Lightning McQueen Chair, I mean Throne, and the Burger King Crown above the mirror?

 

 

Queen Lassie McQueen is "A Spoiled Sheltie" Queen who says ... "Mirror Mirror on the wall, who is the most pawsome Sheltie of them all."   

 

The Mirror says... "Your Royal Majesty, I can't not tell a lie, your younger sibling Benji Snow White who has both front legs the color of snow...is just as pawsome as you."

(Act 2)

 

Queen Lassie McQueen was a bit upset hearing that Benji Snow White the Sheltie was just as pawsome as the Queen.  Queen Lassie McQueen sent the evil Alien to take Benji Snow White out of the Kingdom.

(Act 3)

 

 

Benji Snow White was having a fun time away from the castle.  Benji Snow White said, "Oh dog, a Road Trip!!! What dog's don't like car rides!  Riding in car's is FUN!"

(Act 4)

Benji Snow White played with an apple stuffie while on the Road Trip -- and said, "This Apple is Pawsome."  Then, Benji Snow White went back to Queen Lassie McQueen's Castle and They Lived Happily Ever After.

The End



Hope you enjoyed our version of Snow White the Sheltie!

Thanks for stopping by our blog today.  And thanks for being such great blog friends!

Lassiter Chase and Benjamin (Lassie and Benji)

My Close-Up Picture. 

 

(Don't worry, I think my brother Benji is Pawsome too. I wouldn't never banish him from MY kingdom. )

 

Wordless Wednesday - TreeRat

 

 

 

Baking Easter Bread

We were so busy with Easter preparations over the past couple of weeks.  Last year we showed you about the butter lamb Mommy carves when we bless Easter Baskets.  This year we video taped how we made our Easter Bread called Paska. 

So, there are 2 videos attached.  The 1st video is a highlight of us dogs during the Paska baking process.  We had to keep the room warm so the dough could rise -- and one of us dog's did a good job at keeping the room warm.  The 2nd video is a long video that you don't have to watch - Baking with Grandma (Baba) & Mommy video.


1.  No Tail Wagging Zone Video Clip -- Best part of the Baking bread Video



http://youtu.be/flQAaw8Ad48


2. The long 10 minute video you don't have to watch.  I goes thru the baking bread from start to finish.  If you like watching cooking shows, maybe you would enjoy it.



http://youtu.be/A1GG2IJGeDk


Here are some Pictures

No Tail Wagging Zone sign

I am the good dog up front, and Benji is the one sniffing the Paska by the table.

Easter Basket we blessed on March 30, 3013.  (Do you see Mommy's purple "pysanka" Ukrainian Easter Egg between the bread and the butter lamb that we posted about last month.)

Have a great weekend everyone. 
Lassie and Benji