Listening to audio books

Mom downloads audio books to her phone and when nobody is home she often just plays them without headphones and we get to listen to them. When she forgets to turn on our daily book, we remind her it is time for our daily entertainment. We like British readers. Mom thinks this dates back to Dog Dad getting us hooked on British announcers with soccer. However, we just happen to like British readers. It makes the story more interesting. Mom listens to a range of fiction and non-fiction but we prefer when she stays away from the scary stuff. It gives us nightmares, but how can we leave her alone to listen to it by herself?

We prefer her reading audio books to paper or her Kindle because we get to participate too. She can sit for hours staring at pages of squiggles and we get nothing from that. At least with an audio book we can hear and share the story.

Happy Easter

To all our Blogville friends celebrating Easter today, we wish you a Happy Easter. To our Orthodox friends, Happy Palm Sunday. To our Jewish Friends we hope you had a good Passover celebration. To all we hope you enjoyed a weekend with family and friends. We are hosting an Easter dinner today, so we are looking forward to lots of extra attention.

Claiming the Easter Basket

I'm no fool, she who claims the Easter basket claims the treats inside. We've had this doggy Easter basket for several years and it came filled with Easter stuffies. However, there is nothing saying that big bunny won't fill it with treats if I hold on to it.

Mom is still trying to figure out how I got my leg thought the hole. She made Dog Dad watch me when I got up to make sure I didn't hurt myself.

Easter Peeps

Mom saw these plush Peeps at Pet Smart when we were there getting our pictures taken last Saturday. Dog Dad mentioned we weren't playing much with our toys, but Mom said these were cute enough to use as decorations if we didn't play with them.

Mom has since been finding Peeps scattered around the house. She rarely sees us playing with them, but every night she puts them back in our day bed, but when she looks for them they are never there.

Wordless Wednesday: Visiting the Easter Bunny

Mom likes taking us on outings, especially when she gets the chance to get our picture taken. Saturday Pet Smart offered free pictures with the Easter Bunny and Mom and Dad brought us down to have our pictures taken. We found a giagantic bunny located in a side room waiting for us. Mom warned us this was not a bunny to chase as giant bunnies would not be intimidated by bad Sheltie behavior. We weren't too worried about any bunny and then we saw that Mom wasn't kidding, the bunny really was a GIANT and it walked on two legs. We were very polite to the bunny.

We liked the room the pictures were taken in because Mom closed the door and we were allowed to wander around before we had to approach the bunny. The bunny turned out to have soft hands and gave some good tummy rubs while pictures were being taken. Dog Dad was allowed to snap pictures and the lady from Pet Smart took a picture that she emailed to Mom, too. Dog Dad and Mom said we did a great job and the bunny even gave us packaged treats when we left.

Easter Toys

Last week Mom dug out our Easter toys that she packs away with her Easter decorations. We have a rather large collection because Bailey loved these toys. Katy has been showing some interest, but I, Annie find them a little intimidating. They are rather loud and odd looking. However, I will say they make great pillows.

Hanging in the Snow Bank

Annie has been very curious about the snow banks this Spring. Mom thankfully missed the shot of Annie rolling into the bushes and me, Katy, standing there panicked thinking she was eaten by the bush. Mom just laughed and called her and she bounced out like nothing was wrong. The girl is nuts, but she does love hanging out in the snow.