Hana the Dog: July 2008

Social Butterfly

Being the social butterfly that I am, I have attended 4 Eskie Gatherings the past 2 weeks!!! So, I'm getting caught up with my bloggy now.

Today I will write about Abby the Eskie's 6th Barkday pawty.

I bought a present for Abby. I bought her lots of treats. I mean, who doesn't like treats... I think Abby likes treats.

Then, Casper and I carpooled to the pawty. Casper is like a Mini-Me. We made the celebrity headlines in JB's Big World which you can read about HERE. In this pic, we are looking at cows!!!

This is Abby at the Pawty. She is full of smiles because she knows it's her special Barkday.

Abby's guests: Casper D Dog, Kona and Zero (Kona is my niece and Zero is her son), me, and of course there's Abby.

Abby had lots of presents to open:

Kona checked out Abby's presents:

There was yummy barkday cake to eat:

And cards to read:

(Hee hee, did you get it? It said "...but I'm itching to meet you....")

There were party hats to wear. This me and Casper.

And fun agility equipment in a large backyard to play in:

Abby's Mom had to demonstrate how the swimming pool worked:

And managed to convince Zero (and his Mom, Kona) to jump in!

Casper played with his ball in the pool while Zero looked on:

We also headed out to the playground across the street:

Abby gave us little party favors to take home, filled with treats! Yum!

We were all sad at the end of the day because that meant we had to go home. But, not to worry because the following weekend we had 3 more Eskie Gatherings which I will blog about later!

In the meantime, you can read up more about Abby's Barkday party on Casper D Dog's blog. and read our Big World Report on JB's Big World blog!!!

I hope all of you had lots of dogventures (and catventures and hamterrierventures) this past July...

p.s. Here is a video we took at Abby's Barkday Pawty!

Going to Lake Del Valle... My Busy July

I've been a social butterfly this July. Last week I had my half sister over at my dog house for a BBQ. Today I got a trip to Lake Del Valle. Next week I am going to Abby the Eskie's Barkday Pawty. And the week after my friends, Nuuk and Tako, are driving all the way from Quebec to California for their N&T Tour! What an exciting July is for ME!

Here are photos from our day today at the lake. We first went to Costco to pick up a salad and turkey wrap for our lake expedition. Smell that Costco fresh air!....

At the lake, I had my eye on that man's sandwich:

We did a lot of walking on the paved area and the grass. My Mom and Dad aren't accustomed to sitting on grass, especially when it's filled with weeds and bare spots and litter. They were noticeably uncomfortable! Come on Mom and Dad, relax! You're even sitting on a towel!

While my Mom was eating her turkey wrap, some wasps came for a visit. Mom starting waving her hands around haphazardly and the turkey wrap came close to my mouth! I think when you get a food invitation like that, it means it's yours, right? So, I took a big lick of it and when my Mom turned around, she saw a big drooly go from my mouth to her turkey wrap. So, she ate around the part I tagged as mine and gave it to me later. Yay, I win!

My Mom likes this photo of me with the pretty background:

I hope you all had a great Sunday with your humans!

p.s. Here is a homemade Frosty Paws recipe! I'm going to get to eat it on this hot Sunday!

Homemade Frosty Paws

32 ounces plain yogurt

1 mashed banana

2 Tablespoons peanut butter

2 Tablespoons honey

Mix all ingredients in blender, then dump into paper cups or ice cube tray and freeze.

I Got Me a Baby!!!!

Well, I borrowed a baby for a day. She visited on the 4th of July. Her name is Olivia and she is my half-sister's sister. She is about 4 months old, but she doesn't throw me food or have a bib for me to lick like Hershey's baby, Ivy's baby, and Ender's baby does. I licked her hand, but her Mom didn't seem to like that because then she cleaned off Olivia's hand. Does she think I have cooties?

Here are photos of me and the baby. Note she never seems to be offering me food.

And here are pics of my half sister, Mika.

Mika also does the 3 legged dog imitation. See, it really does run in our family.

Mika and I don't really get along, so we are usually separated. I'm inside while Mika is out on the patio having a BBQ:

Do you think we look alike?

And this photo is all about ME!

Please, Please, Mr. Postman....

...is there a package in your bag for me?

Oh boy! I got a package in the mail last week from Miss Linda.

Here I am waiting patiently. I had been waiting for a whole day because on the day the package arrived, my Mom said I had to wait to open it the next day because she was going to a concert that evening. I am a good girl, right Mom? I waited a whole day!

Let's see!!! Miss Linda sent me a squeaky toy, a crinkly squeaky ball monster, and a stuffed squirrel!

Here I am playing with my new squirrel!

Grrrrrr!!!! I'm gonna get ya!

The box is pretty cool, too!

Here I am posing with my loot!

My Mom and I played with my new squeaky toy. Things got a little loud of course. I always have a lot to say! Plus, I got cat batting lessons from JB so I batted that toy around like an expert!

Miss Linda! Thank you for the woofaful wonderful toys! You are so sweet and thoughtful!!!

Love,
Hana the Dog

Concerts Galore!

My Mom went to 3 concerts within a 5 day window! She is all concerted out! She hardly ever goes to concerts. Maybe some of you are fans of these stars!

Ronnie Milsap at the county fair. My Mom does not want to date herself, but she recognized a lot of his older songs!

My Mom's friend wanted to see Terri Clark, so my Mom said she would go along. Terri Clark at her first show (6pm) at the county fair:

Terri Clark at her second show (8pm) at the county fair. She had a wardrobe change. My Mom said she looked different without her cowboy hat, plus she didn't look like what my Mom thought she'd look like up close: