even though i like him bcuz he gives me presents...

 

mom, how come santa claus is so scary?

- baxter, 4.9 years old, on why it is highly unlikely there will ever be a picture of him sitting on an unfamiliar santa's lap. :)

o christmas me

 o christmas me! o christmas me!
so bright and shiny am i;
o christmas me! o christmas me!
so bright and shiny am i;
but i am glad u stay outside
cuz it is cold, i'm going inside!
o christmas me! o christmas me!
so bright and shiny am i!

- baxter, 4.9 years old, sung while helping his mom decorate outside for christmas yesterday. :)

ps - if u would like a christmas me too (r three or four or five or even six or more), feel free to checky here for instructions and everything! :) b

yawn

Our trip back home was blissfully uneventful, so much so that the little kielbasa slept most of the way, save for the moment when he poked his head up while we were at a rest stop, and let out a great big yawn.... :)

quality time

chewing my bottle,

playing in the warm warm sun,

may i stay longer? :)

- baxter, 4.9 years old, on how he spent his happy morning playing on the bed at his uncle dana's house.

please do not tell santa

dear diary,
mom says i was very naughty yesterday because i could not stop barking at my grandma and grandpa when they stopped by to visit me. i say, me so sorry. and please do not tell santa about this, okay?

toodley-doo!
b. :)

over the river and thru the woods

to grampa and gramma's house we drove! :)

black friday

dear diary,
mom says 2day is black friday and although i really do not know what that means, it sure sounds scary and so methinks i will stay here at home, under this chair and under the protection of el salchicha himself.  well a picture of him anyway, bcuz mom had to put my luchador mask away bcuz, well, let's just say if u r thinking of going out in the middle of the night with your duk duk friends all nakey nakey to find some friends to lucha with, u might want to think twice.  or at least plan to not have your lucha mask for a while until u say u r sorry to the neighbor kitties for scaring them up a tree bcuz they had no idea who u were.

anyhoo, if u or someone u know seeks el salchicha's protection too and have the wall space to display him proudly, lucky 4 u all u have to do is visit my mom's etsy shop! 

well diary even though i would like to stay under this chair,  i must go now and help the duk duks pack because boo hoo they must go home today.  i sure hope they have a safe trip and can visit us again soon!

toodley-doo!
b. :)

happy thanksgiving

and thankful are we to be together with family and friends today and everyday...

houseguests

dear diary,
hee hee hee, guess what - our thanksgiving houseguests have arrived!  and yeah u know guessed it, our visitors are duk duk's brothers, duk duk and duk duk! and as u might imagine everybuddy was really happy 2 see with each other again bcuz it has been forever since duk duk has been able 2 visit and talk with the duk duks becuz duk duk's brother duk duk lost his iphone and has not saved up enough gummy worms 2 buy a new one and duk duk's other brother duk duk lives in the enchanted forest where all the glitter in the trees interferes with cell phone and wi fi reception.  so needless 2 say there is a lot of catching up 2 do.  which we will do, and then it will be time to do a little lucha lucha b4 we all settle down to start preparations for our thanksgiving meal.  which i am so excited about bcuz we caught some nice juicy gummy worms the other day!

anyhoo, mehopes u r having a wonderful day before thanksgiving!

toodley-doo!
b. :)

circus act

dear diary,
yippee! next year if chocobot's circus bear friends visit us again, me totally hopes that my friend madwilly can also join us cuz looky - besides going 2 the lake to fish for gummy worms bcuz duk duk's family is visting us for thanksgiving, madwilly and i have been working on our very own jumping act!  and duk duk thinks we might be able to incorporate flames which will make everything super super cool, right?

anyhoo, diary, i hope u r having a wonderful tuesday bcuz i know i will be! :)

toodley-doo!
b. :)

guest photographer

dear diary,
u remember my friend madwilly, right? well guess what, she is visiting us and brought her new totally cool camera with her! and yeah u know it,  in between helping with the mulch n all yesterday, she took pictures of me and she was kind enough to share them with me so i could share with u! i am so grateful that methinks i will make her a monkey chow milkshake and bring it 2 her for breakfast!

well diary, today 2day is going 2 be super fun fun bcuz s me n chocobot n duk duk n lil pink puppy r all going 2 start writing our letters 2 santa.  i hope your day will be just as swell!!

toodley-doo!
b. :)

mulch ado about something

dear diary,
yippee!! today my auntie robin's kids and uncle dana are coming to visit and not only does that mean more laps for me to lie on, but it means my entire backyard is getting remulched! which is good becuz when i woke up yesterday morning i found a giant pile of the stuff in my driveway and really i dunno how it got there but methinks aliens beamed it in while i was sleeping which was a bit of a bummer cuz if they could do that then why not just beam it where it needs 2 go so everybuddy will have more time to visit with me? 

anyhoo, i am so glad it's all getting done bcuz double yippee, duk duk's cousins will be coming for thankgiving dinner this year and with a freshly mulched backyard it will be much easier to play poopie snake toss n go seek. i am so excited i can hardly wait!! but i best go and get my boots on so i can help mom n dad n everybuddy spread mulch.   

toodley-doo!
b. :) 

sheepdog

baa-aa-aa! pardon me, but do u know where i might be able to find a flock of sheep i can herd? i need to practice because i am the shepherd in our school's christmas play this year! :)

hatching eggs

 
Sometimes I wonder what Baxter thinks when I or his dad happen upon him doing what he thinks to be entirely nothing, and out of the blue comes a giant squee from us.  Like yesterday, when I came across the little kielbasa quietly resting with his shorty paws tucked under his meatloafy body, nesting like a little chicken trying to hatch his eggs.

mom, u say squee, but i say, can u please make me mittens? it's cold in here!  :)

message 2 mars

Tiny chumley was all excited when we ran across this parabolic sound reflector on our walkies this past weekend. The physics of which were not lost upon his always ready-for-more rumbly little tumbly.

ooo ooo! earth 2 mars, earth 2 mars..please send more snackies. or rawhide. or rawhide and snackies! ...and give my best to marvin and daffy! :)

fetcher in the high

Yesterday morning was one of those mornings where the little kielbasa woke up and knew something interesting was going to happen.  I knew because rather than sticking by his heater friend, george, which he always does on cool mornings so as to maintain his desired body temp of baked potato,  he followed me, making my journeys about the house mildy perilous as I moved piles of fabric and sweaters in a halfhearted attempt to tidy up the messes I made the day before.  Risking the fact that I might stumble over him, so that he didn't miss out on the exact moment when something interesting happened.

Baby dog, whatchoo want?, I asked to his cocked little head after I finished and settled down to do some work on the internet.  I could tell that my noisy little whine generator was bored. 

I stared into his bright brown eyes, and then focused on the very light frosting of gray hairs on his chinny chin chin.   No, I sighed, you're not getting any younger, are you?.. I suppose you're right, something interesting really should happen today, shouldn't it, little friend?    Which is how I ended up raking in the backyard, shaping leaves into chumley high piles and sprinkling kibble in them.  And how the little kielbasa ended up spending his afternoon, happily rooting around like a piglet in search of truffles.   :)

etsy fresh: thanks for giving, brought 2 u by baxter & duk duk

dear diary,
wooty hoo!  even though thanksgiving is all about the turkey and pilgrims and well, being thankful, me n duk duk thought that there really should be a way that we could all say thanks for giving.  so we helped mom come up with super cute thank u cards that everybuddy can use.  or give, so other people can say thank u too. cuz u know, it's really important 2 say thanks after santa gives all those presents, right -  u know, so he will give u more next time?

so anyhoo, if u have somebuddies special that u know u will want to thank this year for all the cool stuff u know u are going 2 get this holiday season, or if u need a special little thank u gifty pack, u might want to clicky here and visit my mom's etsy shop to get some before they are all gone - cuz we made mega mix packs and mini mix packs and every mix in between, and even mixed packs of christmas cards, because, well me n duk duk were on a roll and we wanted the adhesive strip pull off plastic thingy to make foofie noises with cuz u can only make the noises for so long til they get too wet and then u need fresh strip.

toodley-doo!
b. :)

 

lucha lunes: el salchicha vs the double duks

hee hee hee, oh no! el salchicha smashes on duk duk2 with a flying cactus clothesline rolling thunder turnbuckle flip while his twin partner duk duk1 anxiously waits by the sidelines to be tapped in.























but can duk duk1 save his partner in time? the answer is no! el salchicha tosses duk duk2 out of the ring like a rag doll and goes after duk duk1 with his famous bronco buster three point drop! ladeez and gentlemen cover you eyes bcuz this is a massacre of epic proportions! the referees should be calling this lucha match at any min- 




























oh my goodness, out from nowhere, duk duk 2 just wailed on el salchicha with a flying forewing smash and now el luchador is pinned for the count!  one..two..three!!

ladeez and gentlemen, and just like that this lucha match is over.  congratulations double duk duks!! 

hee hee hee, anybuddy else want 2 lucha?

baxter's eco-friendly tip #582

when getting something from the pet store there's no need for a bag.  just have me carry it out! i will even take it all the way to the car for u. :) :)

cadence for walkies

hee hee hee - heigh ho the poopie-o a marching we will go! :)