woof mitzvah wooty booty

dear diary,
well what a difference a nap and time makes! as you already know my woof mitzvah party was a blast and even though i cannot tell you much about it, i wanted to share with you some of the swell things i got for my birthday.  here u can see me wearing some of my new wooty booty - mom n dad got me like three very nice walkies jackets and they are super cool bcuz they are the kind that cover my chest n tummy n stuff and they zip open and closed on the side for a snugger fit whichchoo know i need because i would just ensausage myself otherwise. yeah u might have already seen me in one of them from before my birthday.  but mom says it was cold so u know, i got to test it out and make sure it fit an all.  oh and as u can see i also got a very nice matching leather leash from the same place at made my woof mitzvah collar!  and, u will not see it 2day, but i got a special occasion artful collar that mom had made especially for me - it is very cool, trust me.  but i think she is right we need to save it for a special day and when u see it u will see why too.






anyhoo, just when i was thinkin that all i was getting was going to be all sorts of adulty wearable sort of stuff, duk duk n chocobot n lil pink puppy brought out their gift that they helped mom make,  and well, all i can say is i am still on cloud nine. cuz i may not have told u before but because i am the biggest when we all play cowboys n indian cops n robbers, i am always the horse and somebuddy is always riding my back.  always.  that is, up til now cuz looky!! nope, it's not a mirage, mom n duk duk n chocobot n lil pink pippu made me my very own super duper shiny brass sheriff's badge!! and yeah u know who's gonna be sheriff now...

go ahead. make my day, pardner.

hee hee hee. 

toodley-doo!
sheriff baxter and deputy chocobot :)

brought 2 u by baxter & duk duk: the day after..

Yeah somebuddies had themselves a jolly good time. :)

...for he's a jolly good poo-ooperrrrrr, that nobuddy can deny!  :)

- duk duk, chocobot, and lil pink puppy, at baxter's pre-woof woof mitzvah party. 

 

today i am five

dear diary,
yippeee! with all the holiday hoopla surrounding my christmas list, i totally forgot that my birthday was today - but thankfully, mom n dad and duk duk n chocobot n lil pink puppy remembered and thank goodness they did cuz today i am five and even though mom says every birthday is special, this one is more so, because it's my woof mitzvah birthday. and since i kinda already got my woof mitzvah gift like super early, i am not really sure what i will be getting 2day, but i am wondering if it will be something super cool and um, adulty.  like a porsche pedal car or a personalized bowling ball or maybe even a scooter sidecar camper so me n duk duk can take lil pink puppy and chocbot RVing this summer.  all that would be so cool, right?

but honestly, it does not matter. bcuz i am happy that 2day i am turning five, and 2day, i get to celebrate it with my family, and 2day,  i am a dog.

toodley-doo-sha-woof!
b. :)

me - u = blue

With a knowing look like this, it's always difficult to leave the little kielbasa home alone.  But alas, like yesterday, when holiday shopping duties called, sometimes it has to be.  Resigned to his fate, tiny chumley's usually limber body often turns into an unwilling mass as I pick him up to say goodbye.  Dark clouds gather as he turns his head away, shunning me for the atrocity I am about to commit.

I always wonder if really gives him comfort, but every time we must part, with a giant hug and a kiss on his cheek, I tell him what I always want to be true.  Don't worry, baby dog, I will always come back for you.  I always will.  And soon everything will be right again. :)

quiet time

Sometimes playing quietly has its own little rhythm, its own sense of joy and fun. And sometimes, it get a little happy help. :)

fair trade

Tiny chumley decided that the snackies weren't flowing as freely as he would like yesterday, and so he decided to start trading with whatever things he could gather, bringing forth a rich bounty of treasure that only a little doxie could find.

me give u socks, u give me snackies, okay mom? :) :)

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. :)