Happy Birthday Bandit!!

Yes, the other night was Bandit's 5th Birthday...

although as his mom will tell you, he is still a puppy at heart. 

So we had a little party! 

There was cake of course...

..and the birthday boy had a special hat.
Ours were plain. 
Yes, we all wore hats!

..here are some of the gifts he received.
He LOVES toys. 

..and I think he might already have a favorite! 

The boys, Sammy in the front and Benny 
in the back,
had a good time, 

then jumped in the car to head on home.

No Musing Happy Christmas Eve!

There is no Musing question today..
seems MizB at Should Be Reading is taking a well deserved holiday break this week and I am too busy (or lazy) to come up with a question,
so I will just pass along

a Happy Christmas Eve post from the Boys!

 

Smile Benny, 

Smile Bandit,

Smile Donner and Blitzen!!

Santa is on his way!

One of These Is Not The Same....

Can you pick which one?

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I think the orange nose is the only giveaway!

lol

Bandit Sunday...All By Himself

What do you mean this is not my couch?

Can't you just let a guy play with a few of his toys in peace??

Gee wiz!

Out and About on the 4th of July

Happily, the poor boys..and the rest of us...got invited over to some friends who have a house, with A/C, on the 4th.

Look at how well behaved they are in the car!

White Dog, Beige Dog and Black Dog.

Sunday Morning with the Boys

Sunday is there favorite day...

There People are all home for treats...

..and they get their special Hash Brown Sunday breakfast!

Blurry Boys.

I have decided it might be impossible 

to get all three of the boys to sit still 

for a second to snap a pic..

 

Benny, sit still!

 

Sammy, stop moving....
It's like herding cats!

Bookish Bandit SundayI

I am preparing for my trip in the fall to Florence, reading up!
What do you mean, I'm not going??
What..there must be a mistake!!
What...WHAT??

Sammy So-So Super Bowl Sunday

Sadly, our Timmy is not playing, but we will watch if snacks will be provided!

Sammy So-So Sunday.. With a Guest Appearance from Bandit

Do you ever wonder what your dog does while you are gone?

Well, obviously these two, Sammy and Bandit, order address labels for themselves and then send out Birthday cards.

 

Nice label fellows.

Do you send a lot of mail?

And your penmanship is excellent!

 

You remember these two, right?

Happy New Years!!!

Happy New Years from Bandit and Sammy
[..maybe we shouldn't have stayed up so late...]

Sammy (and Bandit) Sunday..Where are the Toys?

Sammy, I don't think Santa needs to visit this year.

Sammy and Bandit Sunday...and the Laptop Saga

Why does Bandit look so sad?

Well, he knows my laptop bit the dust.
It has been limping along, with more and more problems, for quite awhile. A day did not go by that I did not curse Vista.

But Friday, it informed me my battery was dead and could no longer charge. Sure, I could buy a new one and pour more money into this piece of...trash.
Then, when I tried to update my virus software, which it insisted I do or suffer dire consequences, the problems mounted. The outcome, after lots of wasted time? No working virus software.
I had had it, trying to work around all the problems and issues.
So, first thing this Saturday, off I went to Best Buy. After reading one article about Top 10 Laptops on PCMag, I bought one. It's a ASUS, and I also bought a new router...which is another story.

What is amazing?
Within 30 minutes of getting home I had the router and laptop up and running.
Wow, how easy these things are now, compared to the years ago when we all first got computers.

I restored my pictures and music and documents from my back up [you have a back up, right?] and I am good to go!! Yes Sammy, you can play with it next!
I love shiny new electronic toys.
I love finally being able to access the wifi on my Nook and iTouch. I love that the battery life on this laptop is more than 7 hours and it has a huge hard drive.
I love that all my photos [approx 18,000] are safe and that, once again, I have protection from the evils out there in cyber land.

By the way, I stole these two pictures of the wee puppies from my niece.
Specially from her blog, the world from down here. Finally after a year, she has again posted. A YEAR! So I figured she might not notice.

The Boys Having a Sunday Snooze

Sammy and Bandit hanging out in their favorite place, the back of the sofa.

Bandit has gone back to school, he and his mom are only home on some weekends, so he and Sammy need to spend some quality time doing their favorite thing

...sleeping.

 

Happy Birthday Bandit

Yes, today is wee Bandit's 3rd Birthday!!

Happy Birthday Bandit!

Yesterday his mom made him some Birthday Cupcakes...blue because he is a boy, and we all sang "Happy Birthday".

He had a little help blowing out the candle because I think he was distracted by the smell of the icing.

I understand he is going to PetSmart to pick out a new toy for his gift!

The Boys Go To The Beach

Last year, Bandit went to the beach. This year is Sammy's chance...to see if he can swim! Swim...or sink!

HELP!!

Oh, at least my buddy Bandit is here now too!
Hey, I can swim!

Does anyone have a blow dryer??

Where Are My People?

I mean, are they not the cutest fellers, watching out the window, up on the back of a loveseat, waiting for their "People" to come home?
Sammy just loves it when his cousin Bandit comes home for the weekend and he has someone to watch with. (Although I sometimes think Bandit is not sure what they are looking for...)

BTW, in the nature of full disclosure, I did not take this picture, but in fact I stole it from The Nieces new blog, darling domestic, where she promises to show off her cooking adventures, sewing projects, crafts and, of course, photos of great things, including Sammy and Bandit.
So why don't you stop over and check it out!!

Bandit and Sammy and Christmas morning!

The Boys checking out a box of Kong toys...just for them.

Sammy and Bandit checking to see if Mom/Grandmom might have something even better.

Sammy in his begging position. If you ignore him, he will start to move his paws...so cute!

Bandit Sunday...with a Guest.

These fellows looked so sad, I added a few adornments.

The hats and red noses are a little photoshopping.

:-)

Sammy and Bandit..At Rest.

The Boys take a well deserved rest on their favorite spot after an exhausting outing to tag a Christmas tree.
They were out of the car, leaving their 'mark" on many, many trees!