dapper doxie duds: quintin & jewel's deutscher duo

Hey everybuddy, it's me, Baxter, your roving rover reporter, reporting to you today about the happy duds my mom just finished for my friends Quintin and Jewel.  My friend Quintin is the doxie on the right and his family are fans of the German National football team (that's Die deutsche Fußballnationalmannschaft in case u were wondering).  So Quintin's mom and my mom thought that Quintin could use a little something sporty and since the team's regular white uniform wasn't very practical for a doxie dud,  mom decided to to use one of Michael Ballack's curvy pieced red jerseys for inspiration and even included a little reflective piping so Quintin can stand out at a night game. Super cool, right? I would have modeled it for u but mom says there is a reason she calls me her little kielbasa and not her little vienna sausage.  I say...yeah, it didn't fit me even when I held my breath.  But here it is!

  And looky! I can fit Quintin's sister Jewel's dud! And me so likey cuz it has squirrels and deer on them and it has piping that mom made expecially for it and it has buttons and it is made from a nice red cotton pique and it reminds me of a very happy german fairy tale just like the one I read with lil pink puppy the other night. U know, the one with the deer n squirrels in it and the forest with the magic kibble tree that grants three wishes?  

Anyhoo, mehopes that Quintin and Jewel will enjoy their new duds very much and me also hopes that u enjoyed seeing them as much as I enjoyed reporting about them. This is Baxter your roving rover reporter wishing u a very happy Thursday! :)  

backyard bliss

With temps yesterday in the low 70s, it's hard to believe it's December, much less winter or Santa season really.  But that hardly mattered to the little kielbasa, who happily dug in the sun warmed dirt  and sniffed and snorted his afternoon away til finally it was bath time.

hee hee, mom, u know it's a good thing santa parks his sleigh on the roof otherwise he might need a tow truck to get out of the giant hole i dug today!

So true, baby dog. Now hold still so u don't get shampoo in your eyes.


okey dokey!! :)

teacher's note

yes mom, i promise to tell teacher i am sorry when i see her at school 2day.  and i will stay after school 2 help her clean the erasers and then i will goto the library to research the great white winter snowy owl and write my report like i was supposed to and i will call u when i am done and i need a ride home.

- baxter, 4.9 years old, responding to his mom after she read the note he brought her from his teacher yesterday.

break time

dear diary,
well wouldn'tchoo know it's a lot of work doing research to come up with a new christmas list for santa and so yesterday i took a break and went for a nice walkie with mom n dad.  which was really good bcuz it reminded me of a few things i forgot to add 2 my list.  which turned out to be sorta bad because when i finally finished my list i counted a hundred things and me n duk duk thought that seemed like a lot and now i gotta cut like a couple and u know u really can't ask for things like a scooby doo mystery magic fun fun and scary noises bouncy castle and not also ask for the fred's glow in the dark bounce n spark four in one jumping booties and the breakaway tag team velma n daphne anti gravity musical space helmets and the scrappy doo electric air pump n dump and the special shaggy bouncy bounce fruity rollup barf bags, can u?  not to mention all the batteries i will need 2 power everything.  or the earplugs that mom says she needs.  so u can see diary i still have my work cut out for me. which is why all i really have to turn in today for my report on the great white winter snowy owl will be my tushie picture from yesterday cuz nobuddy had time to write anything.  only i still think i will do fine bcuz i am planning to also bring teacher a monkey chow milkshake so please do not worry for me.

anyhoo diary, i hope u r having a wonderful monday!

toodley-doo,
b. :)

snowy owl

dear diary,
today i am supposed 2 spend hours researching and writing about the great white winter snowy owl for my earth science report that is due 2morrow but diary, as u know an emergency has come up of epic proportions which will leave me little time to really do much on my report. so thankfully duk duk said he would help me with my report but he is busy too so for pictures we decided to just go ahead and take some ourselves and hope that teacher is not wearing her glasses when she reads my report.  because methinks duk duk is right, if u squint just so, my tushie really does look like an owl. hopefully a snowy owl.  anyhoo, i must go so i can work on my super duper new christmas list so i will talk 2 u 2morrow.

toodley-doo! 

 b. :)

tis the season to be stunned

what?? the magic kibble mystery mountain fountain of fun fun silly surprises?  THE magic kibble mystery mountain fountain of fun fun silly surprises?  discontinued?  disconTINUED??

- baxter, 4.9 years old, during a holiday photo shoot, stunned over news that the toy he had been planning to ask from santa is no longer being produced.

(thanks madwilly for taking such a wonderful photo! :) )

deck the walls duet (or, what we did all yesterday afternoon)

Deck the walls with wreaths of rawhide,
gimme gimme gimme, gi-me-e-eeee!

See the dachshund whine before it,

just a tiny taste, a tiny taste.

Twen-ty four more days til Christmas,

wha wha wha, wha wha wha, whatchoo mean?

Santa's watching, u better be careful,

o pleez pleez pleez pleez pleeeez, i'd like it nowwww!  :)

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! :)