Koobie's Snow Pawty

We've been invited to Koobie's snow pawty in the Poccono's on Valentine's day! We both love the snow and all of our friends will be there so this is going to be one fun pawty!!




Harry has invited me to be his date and I'm just beside myself with excitement! Nothing like this has ever happened to me before! I sure hope Harry doesn't mind a tag-a-long brother! *eye roll*

I've always thought that Harry was just so dreamy and he's the perfect gentleman! Maybe Mitch could even learn some manners from him!


Koobie says that it's going to be cold and we need to bundle up so mom insisted that I wear a wool cap!

Awwww, come on, mom! I can't see!


There! That's much better! Thanks, mom!


Mom tried to get Mitch to wear a hat too and he ran when he saw the hat coming at his head but mom did insist on him wearing mittens and he gave in!

Mom told us that we could borrow her toboggan as long as Ruby will let us bring it aboard her plane. There's room on it for 4 or 5 of us at a time!

Maybe we can get going and push Mitch off in a snowbank somewhere! What do you think of that idea, Harry? hehehehe

We thoughts we'd bring some cookies to share!

Hey, Mitch! I think I hear AireRuby coming in for a landing! See you all soon!

Happy Valentine's day, everybody!

Love ya lots,

Maggie and Mitch

Mom is home!!!

Mom had quite the story to tell us about her 11:20 AM flight being cancelled and having to fly in the dark instead. She spent all day yesterday at the aireport and we hear that she had a Carvel ice cream sundae for dinner! Lucky you, mom! We had ice cream too while you were gone!

Mitch and I went with dad to pick her up last night at 11PM and because of the snow and ice all over the roads, we didn't get home till this morning at 1AM so we were totally bushed when we finally made it home! Mom says no more flying to Florida in February if she can help it!

But she did bring us a nice surprise - Chocolate chip cookies! We've never had those before! Can you see that I'm soaking wet in this picture! It's raining on top of the snow here today and it's so YUCKY! We finally got decent snow and now it's all wet and slushy! DARN!

I got to taste the first cookie!!! Mitch was out in the workshop with dad and mom opened the package without him! HAHA

Check out my new collar! It's from Miss Patience and the Whippets! Isn't it just the most perfect thing you ever saw! It was totally made for ME! I've never had a martingale collar before and mom is anxious to see how it works when I go for a walkie. I'm not really the puller anymore, mom! That would be the MitchMan! Thank you so much, Miss Patience! Mom and I both LOVE the collar a LOT!

Bogie's treat package came in the mail while mom was in Florida and dad put it way up high so we couldn't reach it till mom came home to open it for us! She told dad that the camera had to be involved so not to open it early and he didn't!

It was worth the wait! OMG, these treats are to-die-for! This is Bogie's package of beef heart! Mom cut the package open with sissors and we were both up on our hind legs trying to climb inside the package! It smelled THAT good!

This is the chicken chips! Mom says this one smells a whole lot better to her and she was going to take a bite but neither me or Mitch thought it was a good idea! Hey, the package had our name on it, mom! Please hand it over!

Thank you so much, Bogie! You are one great chef! We'd visit your restaurant anytime we were ever in the neighborhood!

We also want to thank Kirby for the adorable Valentines that he sent us in the mail! What a surprise and how thoughtful you are, Kirby! Thank you so much!

And we also want to thank Asta for the super sweet and cute Valentine she sent us online! Thank you so much, Asta! We feel so special! You guys are both too kind!

We feel like the luckiest pups in the world today! Our tummies are full of the yummiest treats! I have a brand new M&M collar that I love to death and we got mail from our best buddies and our mom is home! What could possibly be better!

See you all tomorrow at Koobie's Valentines pawty! I'm picking out my special skiing outfit today, Harry! I can't wait! I feel like the luckiest girl alive to be going with you, Harry!

So until next time..................

Love ya lots,

Maggie

Another Tag

Sam tagged us for this fun tag! We had to think about it for a while, this was a tuffie!

You have to tag 3 other kitties, beans, woofies, or any other assorted animal.What three things would you do that you have never done before, if you knew you wouldn't get caught, get in trouble, or suffer any consequences.

1. We'd both like to be able to be with mom and dad 24/7, meaning that every place they go, then we want to be there too! I think we'll exclude the doctor's office though!

2. We would both love to eat anything and everything that mom and dad eat! This would be fair, right?

3. We'd like to do a 5-mile walkie every single day! We love our daily adventures and they never seem quite long enough!

A lot of you have already played this tag game so we aren't going to tag anyone but if you haven't played and you want to, then consider yourself tagged!

We wanted to let everyone know that tomorrow morning mom leaves for Florida! We most probably will not be blogging seeing as dad doesn't know diddly about posting and uploading photos but mom will have access to gram and gramp's computer and she will be trying to keep up with everyone's blogs! We want Baby and Huskee and Koobie to know that there is no way we're missing your important events - no way, no how! We will be there - we promise!

Please don't forget what we look like!

Here we are catching a few zzzzzzzzzzzzzz's while mom types directions out for dad on "How to Feed Maggie and Mitch"! She wants to make sure that dad gets it right and we don't starve to death! When she finishes, lets add some notes of our own, okay, Mitch?!

So until next time................

Love ya lots,

Maggie and Mitch

Our Celebration of Life Pawty

The bad new is that we didn't get to go! What do you mean you had NINE pizzas!!!! And you didn't even save ONE piece or even ONE crust for us??!!

The good news is that we had clean-up duty the next morning and we got a LOT of freebie handouts! Mom's friend MaryEllen was putting tin foil on everything in sight and now mom needs to unwrap it to see just what was underneath that foil (mom was watching the musicians play and was neglecting for hostessing duties - bad mom!)

So when mom would unwrap a dish and if it wasn't chocolate or anything not on the doggie acceptable list, we got a smidge of it! This is a cracker and we got the cheese to go with it!

And this is a chip and we each got a taste of vege dip too!

And this is an entire box of veges that didn't even get opened! OMG, Mitch was beside himself with excitement to think that all of that celery might be for him! There's carrots in there and broccoli and cauliflower! Mom says this will be lunch! whooooooohoooooo

Mom says that everyone had a blast! We had about 80 people show up so there was a lot of food and a lot of fun and it went on till about 11PM and BTW, mom was still up at 4:30AM! Mom says the musicians were awesome!

Meet Pete and Ron!

We got a short video of Pete playing a song from his new CD! See that little girl dressed in red? Her name is Megan! She is 3 years old and has had more heart surgeries than most people have in a lifetime! Megan is the sweetest, cutest little girl that loves life! She has a mom and a dad and 5 brothers and sisters that adore her! And what a ham she is in front of the camera!

Can we have another pawty soon, mom! This eating leftovers is sure fun!

And we have to congratulate the New York Giants! Dad was dancing on Aire last night! What a win! psssssst - it was the magic peanuts!!!


So until next time..................


Love ya lots,


Maggie and Mitch

Super Sunday

All of our American friends and I'm sure some of our friends from other countries know that today is the Superbowl! It's the New York Giants against the New England Patriots - two New England teams! Our dad is a HUGE NY Giants fan! He has been since he could sit up and watch television - probably as early as 6 months old seeing as his mom was a huge fan and so was his older brother!

Dad is very superstitious when it comes to his Giants! If they won the previous week and we had pizza for dinner then we eat pizza every single week ( This is a real bummer! hehehehe) and if he had a certain shirt on and the Giants win - mom isn't allowed to wash that shirt and dad will wear it every single Sunday! You get the picture! The Giants have won the Superbowl in the past and we all remember those magic peanuts, right mom and Missy?! Every time the Giants scored, we all got a peanut - even me!

I explained this to Mitch and he wondered why the can hasn't been opened yet this year! Don't give up yet, Mitch! They very well might be!

If you stare at that beer and that can of peanuts maybe dad will take the hint!

So this afternoon we'll start our fireplace and we'll light our Sunday candle - most probably the Peanut Butter Cookie scent seeing as this one has brought them the most luck - and we'll take our spots and watch the game with dad!

Normally, we have ooonies with dad's tomatoe sauce on Sunday and mom and dad eat in front of the set so they don't miss a single play but the Superbowl doesn't start until later and we will already have eaten our dindin but that's okay - we'll still have oonies with dad's sauce on them at an earlier hour and maybe dad can open that can of peanuts for later!

So we're ready and we're psyched!


GO GIANTS!!!!!!

WIN, WIN, WIN!!!!!!

So until next time..................

Love ya lots,

Maggie and Mitch

Another Trip to the Glenwood and Some Disturbing News

Dad suggested last night that he and mom have dindin at the Glenwood! Mom was only too happy to go along with that idea! It gives her a break from cooking and she knows that we get to go along too, so it's a family outing and everyone is happy!

Yesterday wasn't a bad day weatherwise. It was high in the low 40's so we didn't freeze while we had our picnic in the truck!

Mom had her usual cheeseburger. She says they are the BEST at the Glenwood! She loves that charcoal taste! yummm So do we, but mom was being stingy and we didn't even get a sniff! She did share her French fries though and that made us really happy!

Dad had a BLT and onion rings! And he did sneak us each a tiny piece of an onion ring before mom yelled, "no onions!" Mom is just no fun sometimes!

No ice cream this trip and that was okay! Dad has some at home in the freezer and he is pretty generous about sharing it with us quite a few nights a week!

But then our fun night turned sour. We came home and mom told us that she would be flying to Florida soon to visit my gram and gramp! Like real soon - like next week even!

Oh no! This is not happy news at all! Who will supervise all the tiffs that occur here daily? Will dad yell at Mitch to "please leave Maggie alone"?

I'm really bummed about this! I sure wish I could go too! Please can't AireRuby fly us to Florida and I could come too, mom? I promise I'll be no problem at all!

Mitch isn't sure how to take the news! He's never spent a night without mom! Dad has left him before to go on mini-vacations but mom has always been here and has never left him!

I explained to Mitch that it'll be okay - it'll just be different. You'll probably have to get used to a slightly new routine! Dad doesn't get up at 4AM like mom does but hopefully breakie will still be at 6AM!

Mitch got really quiet and depressed when he heard that the foood situation might change! Mitch sure does love his meals! He lives to eat! He's a growing boy!

Cheer up, Mitch! We can't make mom feel bad! She needs to check on gram and gramp too, ya know!

Dad has promised to make it fun for us here while mom is gone! He said we'll do the Glenwood again and maybe we can do ice cream at Wentworths! Won't that be fun?!

I'm not sure Mitch is buying it! I think it's going to take him awhile longer to accept the fact that mom will be gone for 6 whole days!

But, Mitch - we still have the celebration of life pawty to look forward too! By the way, some of you have asked what the celebration of life pawty is all about. When dad was sick before he had his heart transplant, our friends came out of the woodwork to help us out! They supported us through thick and thin, so after dad's transplant, mom and dad wanted to do something to say thank you to everyone who helped us out and that's how this pawty came to be! Everyone had such a good time the first year and now mom and dad have turned it into an annual event! This will be celebration of life pawty #4!

And we have the SuperBowl to look forward to! We can't forget that! We'll be having lots of good stuff to eat that day! So cheer up for now, okay?! We'll get through it! We will, Mitch!

So until next time.................

Love ya lots,

Maggie

Stuffed Peanut Butter Bones

I know I said that mom thought that I was getting pudgy but yesterday she was at Petco and she brought home 2 BIG stuffed bones and today she gave one to me and one to Mitch! I've had them before and they are just delicious! This was Mitch's very first one and I think he sorta liked it so much that he'll put his order in for another one!

So I guess this must mean that I'm off the hook for being on a diet? I sure do hope so!

Here's mom telling Mitch that this first bone is "FOR MAGGIE" - that's me, Mitch! That's not my set of choppers on that bone, Mitch! I'm still stuck on sniffing the goodness at the end of the bone!

Mitch did back off and I did get the first bone! And he got his too! Don't you just love the shifty-eye look!

I already have one, Mitch! I don't want yours too! I'm not a thief and a pig like you are! It's yours buddy! Enjoy it!

These bones are so good! Mom gave us these bones at 9 AM this morning and we were still going strong on them at 3 PM. Mom says that it was such a quiet, peaceful day today in the workshop!

This picture was taken just after we first got the bones! By afternoon my beard was a greasy, peanut buttery mess and so was Mitch's but it's so well worth it, right, Mitch?!

Here's Mitch enjoying his bone! He actually finished getting all of his peanut butter out and was trying to distract me so that he could steal my bone! Surprise, surprise *major eye roll*

Mom and dad have been cleaning the workshop all week long. This coming Saturday is their annual celebration of life pawty and there are about 80 people coming! Dad will make 2 huge pots of soup and he's making chicken fingers and we'll do a platter of cheese and crackers and then all of the guests bring their favorite appetizer or dessert or beer or wine or water or soda! We also have 3 musicians that play and it's the best time for the hoomans! Mom and dad are very psyched about it!

Mitch and I are still trying to figure out a way to get an invitation to this pawty! We'll have to let you know if our idea works out or not!

We leave you with a video of us enjoying our stuffed bones. There is music playing in the background. It's Pete's CD! Pete is one of the musicians who will be singing and playing guitar at our pawty!

So until next time...................

Love ya lots,

Maggie

The Eyes Have It

We posted about our tongues not long ago! Now we thought we'd post about our eyes! We both have brown eyes but mine are a much darker brown than Mitch's. Mom says that Mitch's even sparkle! That's because he's always thinking up devilish things to do, right?!

Here are my big brown lovelies~

Can we find one without camera flash, mom? Geez! Well, I guess this one will do!

Your turn, Mitch! He's an easier candidate to shoot! Just a figure of speech, Mitch! Don't worry!

Notice the sparkle! What did I tell you! Imp all the way, right?!

On another note - mom thinks that I'm getting fat! Can you even believe it? Last night she decided to weigh Mitch and I for proof! Dad happened to be out and mom "thought" that she could do this job herself! Why would she not be able to?!

Well, I saw the scale enter the family room and I ran for cover! I hate being picked up first of all and secondly, I think I have put on a couple of ounces and no way do I want to give up my snackies - so I high-tailed it!

Mitch was very cooperative! What does he have to lose?! He stood there while mom tried to decide which was the best way to lift him! Gosh, this would have made the funniest video! Where is dad when you need him?! hehehehe

Mom tired every way she could think of to get his tootsies off the ground and lift him up but he's longer and heavier than I am and she didn't want to get too personal, if you know what I mean, with slipping her arms in between his legs to lift! She finally dedided to wait for dad to come home and we were pleasantly surprised that the moose only weighs 60.5 pounds! Mom was expecting it to be more! So Mitch isn't cut off from treats!

Haha, Maggie! I won't have any problem eating treats for both of us!

Like heck you will, Mitch! We'll just see about that! Look what I got!

Now to figure out how to get the lid off!

So until next time................

Love ya lots,

Maggie

Playing with Kipper

This is my friend, Kipper! We used to get along just fine before Mitch became my brother! She sat on my sofa and I respected her privacy and all was well.

Things changed when Mitch arrived on the scene! See how Mitch is kissing Kipper? He's actually being sweet for the moment! If you give him the chance he'll put that big snowshoe moosiepaw on Kipper and start chewing her nose off! Can you see the damage that he's done to her nose already? She used to be in 100% perfect condition!

See how sweet and angelic he looks! He's really a devil in disguise!

Things are going well right now! We're all just chilling and getting along at this point!






Here's Mitch pretending he's tired and totally not interested in playing anymore!

Now I've lost interest and have gone to sleep! Is Mitch playing coy? Is he playing hide-n-seek with Kipper? What the heck is this all about? Can somebody please tell me?

Don't trust him, Kipper! I swear he's up to no good!

So until next time.................

Love ya lots,

Maggie

The Twins

Guess what? Putter's mom visited us today and we got to meet her cutest ever brothers for the very first time!

Putter wasn't able to make it! She had a swimming date that couldn't be broken! Next time, Putter! We sure did miss you but we had a great time visiting and having lunch with the boys!

Here I am welcoming the boys into dad's workshop! We thought dad's shop would work out best because of all the room out here!

Your boys are just too cute, Putter, and they're so happy. We can tell that you've been working really hard at your nanny skills!

Mitch wasn't sure about the boys at all. We've mentioned before that Mitch is scared of little children - well, we meant walking children. This is Mitch's first time meeting infants in a stroller! He sorta hid behind me just in case!

Mitch needed reassurance more than once from dad and mom. They both told him that babies are harmless and won't hurt you! Geez, Mitch! They're smiling at you! Don't be afraid!

Mitch got brave a couple of times though and one of the times was when one of the twinsies was having his morning bottle! He thought it would be safe to sniff the top of his head! Doesn't he smell good, Mitch! Just like baby powder, right?!

We had a super fun time with Kate and her boys and by the time they were ready to leave Mitch was starting to get a little bit more relaxed around the twins! Thank you so much for sharing your mom and brothers with us, Putter! We sure do appreciate it! We hope to see you one day soon for some serious walkies!

So until next time.............

Love ya lots,

Maggie