Day AFTER Christmas

Well, I almost got to see Marley and Me at the movies, but it was sold out. I got to wait in my car crate while my people ate Chinese Christmas Dinner instead:-(

I almost got to visit my cousins at Uncle Chet and Aunt Val's house, but after a nice walk with Gramma Wendy, I got to wait in my car crate while my people visited relatives instead:-(

I almost got to play with Cousins Carter and Shelby, but they got to play in my house while I ate supper in my house crate instead:-(

I DID get a lot of great toys to play with and, remember those roosters that were acting funny yesterday? Early this morning Grampa Don and Grammas Kathy and Wendy turned them into tasty chicken dinners! No wonder they were nervous yesterday! I'm glad to be a dog! BTW, the chickens in the photo are NOT the chicken dinners. That's Frankie and Nancy Sumatra and Junior. They are still walking around. Only 2 roosters crowing at our house now! 3 hens a-laying and three guineas complete the flock.

Christmas Eve

Waiting for Santa is SOOOOOOOOOOO hard! Gramma Wendy gave me a nice big beef bone yesterday. Auntie Molson and Brother Miller got bones, too. We've worked on them a lot and that has helped us wait. Cousin Ralphie, the Welsh Corgi, is still in his new house in Ohio with JeremyDaddy. We miss him a lot. Things are very quiet here without him.

We Labs dressed up in our Christmas Sweaters for family photographs this week. That's me in my favorite armchair. Poor Miller couldn't walk very well in his. He's a lot bigger than Mo and Me. Molson didn't like putting hers on or taking it off because she's got arthritis and it hurt her achy bones. Anyway, Gramma Wendy told Miss Mo and Mr. Miller they didn't have to put their sweaters on again. I think that might mean I'll be dressing up when I go to Massanutten for my Winter Break this week!

I don't know what's going on with the roosters today but one is in the big bird cage outside the window by my favorite armchair. He is very excited about something. Maybe Santa? Two other roosters are inside the Henspa porch with the laying hens (they give me EGGS for Christmas!) and the big Guinea. The two little Guineas are inside the Henspa but they have a special little door on the side so they can go in to eat and sleep and come out to play or get a drink. All those birds are very excited and keep making fun noises and running around. The only chickens running loose today are Frankie and Nancy Sumatra and Frankie's son. Something different is going on...I just can't figure it out.