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Showing posts with label Christmas Aftermath. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Christmas Aftermath. Show all posts

Friday, December 26, 2014

The Day After

Christmas in our house is dedicated to the pups.  It's the one day of the year where they can shred paper and make a larger than usual mess - our gift to them.  The start of the festivities is always delayed a bit, with visits to my Mom, horses to feed, Aaron waking up, so I decided to take a little time and photograph all the beautiful Christmas cards we received.
Do not ask me what the painting is in the middle - I do not know.  ;)
Our final tally was 64 for the pups (including e-cards) and 8 for Aaron and me - and yes, we counted party invites as cards for us.  Monty thinks we are cheating...

 Aaron helped Monty open his gifts this year, but we were pleased to see that Harlow remembered how it was done.
I can shred dis?
...even though she got a little distracted in the middle...
Ooo - present...
Both pups got new blankets - blue for Monty and pink for Harlow.  Previously she showed no interest in having her own blanket, but a couple of weeks ago we had a little bit of rain and we gave her a towel to lay on.  After everything was dry I put the towel in the laundry and she kept pulling it out and trying to hide it.  We realized then that Harlow really wanted a blanket of her own.
...because sometimes a pup wants her own fort...

I think this might be the happiest pup on the planet.
Of course, when you have blankets involved, it brings about a session of blanket wrestling...
Rawwwwrrrr!

Christmas bitey face....

Harlow loves when Monty wraps himself in his blanket.
After the wrestling was done, they settled down to enjoy their toys.
Our boy was really happy with the new blanket!
There were also bully sticks to chew on - did I mention our pups were really good this year?

I think our pups really enjoyed their Christmas.  Later in the day we noticed a very happy and sleepy pup, getting ready to take a nap with her wubba...
Zzzzz....
We hope you all had a wonderful Christmas!

Sunday, December 25, 2011

Christmas - the aftermath...

Waiting....


Opening presents...

Playing with new toys....

Surveying the mess...

Rumpling with Mom...

 Just what Monty wanted...

 Taking a nap...

Big smiles....

 First attempt at a video...

We hope you are all having a excellent day!

Sunday, December 26, 2010

Our Christmas

Since this was Monty's first Christmas with us, we made sure to concentrate on making it a good day for him. After all, this is only one of the two days each year the pups will get to shred paper without being in trouble! They need to enjoy it! (The other is their birthday/Gotcha Day.)

Since Mom had a busy day already, visiting her Mom in rehab and feeding the horses she needed some nourishment before starting the festivities. Sam was most dismayed by the delay.

It's Christmas, Mom!


Monty on the other paw, has a unique way to beg. He knows we know he is there, so he is not concerned he will be missed if any crumbs happen to be passed around...


Monty didn't quite understand how to open the presents, but I did realize I made a major mistake this year. No more shiny paper for Monty! He spent most of his morning chasing the reflections from the paper on the wall.


Although, he also seemed to be pleased by our choices of squeaker filled toys!


Sam seemed pleased that he got to open every one's presents, not just his own!


We all had a good Christmas and hope all of you did too! Monty definitely seems happy with his first Christmas with us!