The other day I got to take a much needed trip to Petco.
And by much needed, I mean I NEEDED new toys.
After agonizing over the perfect toy to choose I picked out these two and was excited to give them a whirl when I got home.
I was having a grand time playing with my new toys in my yard when my neighbor Harley the Rottweiler peeked her head over the fence.
New toys are grand, but having a real friend to play with is so much sweeter. 
Don’t you just wish you could play fetch all day long?
It’s these simple pleasures of summer that I enjoy oh so much. I hope you get to play fetch today too.
It’s official, my mom is back from her trip to Chincoteague Island, Virginia with my pal Minnow the Painting Pony! Mom and Minnow travel to the island once a year for the annual Chincoteague Pony Penning Week. During the last week in July the wild ponies of Assateague are rounded up, swum over to Chincoteague, and then many of the new foals are auctioned off to keep the wild herd at a manageable number.
While the swim and auction are exciting (or so I hear since I’ve never been), Minnow is there to Paint and Perform every evening at the Chincoteague Pony Centre . I hear he draws quite a crowd.
Sadly the town of Chincoteague is quite pony friendly – but not quite as dog friendly. Dogs aren’t allowed in any of the hotels, and not even in the only park on the island. So each year I spend the week at home with my dad, counting the days until mom returns.
Even though the island doesn’t welcome us pooches with open arms there is one thing I thoroughly enjoy about mom visiting the island without me…..her trip to the dog and pony bakery called Howl Naturale.
Mom brought me home two natural dog cookies this time, one in the shape of a pony and the other looked like a lucky horse shoe.
These tasty treats maybe, just maybe, make up for the fact that mom left me home all week.
You can fetch your own tasty treats from Howl Naturale online HERE. Also make sure you check out all the neat photos my mom took from the Chincoteague Pony Swim and Auction HERE, they make me feel like I was there with them!
As you may already know, I’m on an imagination adventure while my pal Minnow the Painting Pony is performing at Pony Penning all week with my mom. On tuesday I went to outer space, wednesday I went under the sea, thursday I went to Dinosaur Land and today I’m back on the moon as myself – Super Ammo!
I think out of all the places I’ve been this week the moon has been my favorite.
I love looking at the stars, and I even got to make a few wishes on the shooting ones.
I’m sure you can probably guess what I’ve been wising for – for my mom and Minnow to return home soon – because as much fun as I’ve been having with my imagination hat, I do still miss my real life adventures with mom and Minnow.
Dad says not to worry though, because they will be home TONIGHT!
I probably should prepare a welcome home party, or hang a banner, or bake a cake, but honestly I’m having way too much fun on the moon right now – and I’m pretty sure my wagging tail and kisses will be more than enough for a welcome home celebration! (I wag a mean tail).
I hope you all enjoyed coming along with me and my imagination hat – I had so much fun that I think I’ll definitely have to have some more adventures with it soon!
As you may already know, I’m on an imagination adventure while my pal Minnow the Painting Pony is performing at Pony Penning all week with my mom. On tuesday I went to outer space, yesterday I went under the sea and today I’m on a journey to Dinosaur Land!
I brought my binoculars with me, because I’m really hoping to see some Dinosaurs up close and personal!
Wouldn’t it be awesome if I saw a T-Rex? Did you know my mom and dad almost named me T-Rex (which is awesome by the way) on account of my stubby little arms.
I’m just as scary as a T-Rex too…just check out my ferocious growl! So don’t worry, should I happen upon any Dinosaurs I can totally hold my own!
As you may already know, I’m on an imagination adventure while my pal Minnow the Painting Pony is performing at Pony Penning all week with my mom. Yesterday I went to outer space and today I’m on a journey Under the Sea!
I made sure to pack my flippers, and it’s a good thing I’m an excellent swimmer because I’m deep deep under the sea.
I haven’t seen any sharks yet, but if you spot any I hope you’ll warn me!
Just to be safe I rolled in the stinkiest thing I could find before going Under the Sea – so that I’ll be extra un-enticing to any sharks that come along. I hope.
Since Mom is away this week in Chincoteaugue, Virginia with Minnow the Painting Pony I’m having my own little adventure with my imagination hat.
I’m glad you decided to join me, because today I’m taking a trip into outer space!
There are so many stars and planets up here – it’s really quite amazing.
Mom called last night to check on me, and suggested I pack a lunch and drink plenty of water during my trip to space. Jeeze mom, of course I wouldn’t forget to pack a lunch!
I do miss my mom, but I am having a blast on the moon! I’m on the lookout for moon martians, because I’m in desperate need of a fetch playmate – it is a bit lonely up here. I’ll keep you posted should I find any.
Today is the day that mom and my pal Minnow the Painting Pony left for Chincoteague Island, Virginia for a week. I’m very sad not to be going on this adventure with them – as it’s been an entire year since I’ve been away from my mom for more than a day.
Last year when Mom and Minnow left for pony penning week I killed the time by building a super awesome fort in my basement.
This year I decided to try a little something different – since just because I’m stuck home alone all day while Dad is at work doesn’t mean I can’t still go on some adventures of my own.
Enter my imagination hat! Hand-made by my pal Baxter’s Mom, I just know my imagination hat is going to take me on tons of adventures this week. (you can fetch your own imagination hat here)
I hope you’ll come along with me for the ride, because imagination adventures are always more fun when you have friends.
Hopefully by the time Minnow returns from pony penning I’ll have just as many adventures to share with him as he does with me!
Yeah, so it’s been nearly 2 weeks, but I realized that I completely forgot to share my adventures from the 4th of July! I guess I’ve been so busy having fun that I just plain forgot. Well, better late than never – so here’s how it all went down….
I spent a good portion of my day on the 4th at the Downingtown Good Neighbor Day in town.
I oohed and ahhed over all the giant stuffies just begging to be de-stuffed that were hanging around.
I also may have pouted a bit when mom said it was way too hot (and I was too little) to go on any rides.
I got over it pretty quick though when we started to walk around through the craft venders and I got to meet some new friends.
And don’t get me started on the food! Is it just me or is fair food just so delish? There were so many choices I just didn’t know what to get.
Mom and I ended up sharing some chicken on a stick, and we were so glad we did – because it’s the best chicken we’ve ever had! Later we even got some funnel cake.
The nice thing about Downingtown Good Neighbor Day is that it’s right along the Brandywine River, which means I got to take a dip in the river to cool off – which was perfect on this hot hot summer day.
After spending such a nice afternoon at the fair I headed over to MomMom and PopPop’s house for a cookout and swim.
Adventures completed, and a belly full of yummy food -I can safely say it was one of my favorite days! What fun things did you do to celebrate on the 4th?
Last weekend I took an expedition down the Brandywine River via canoe. You may remember that I went on a similar adventure last summer.
This time it was a much bigger family affair as even my Uncle Taylor came too while he was up visiting from North Carolina.
Since we only have one canoe at the farm we had to make room for our extra passengers by adding some blow-up rafts and even a snow tube.
It ended up being quite the adventure with frequent pit-stops to re-pump said rafts, a couple of spider incidents (with one wolf spider hitching a ride on mom’s leg – I screamed – but she brushed it off like nothing happened), and a nest of ants and their babies threatening to eat us alive when we accidentally tipped the canoe – all of which we had a good laugh about later.
All in all it was the perfect way to spend a hot summer day!
So what do you do to beat the summer heat? I’m thinking for my next canoe trip I’ll have to bring along some pupsicles! Yum!