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Posted by Michelle on Mar 28, 2009 in Hayley, pups & other pets
Evening silliness with the kiddo and puppies.
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Posted by Michelle on Oct 31, 2008 in Hayley, Jeff, Michelle, pups & other pets
We decided to pull out all our dog Halloween costumes and dress up the dogs for a few moments the evening before Halloween. I knew they wouldn’t stay in them long so we did it just to be silly for awhile.
We dressed them up in matching polo shirts from Old Navy and then went to the more daring selections of Pirate, Zorro, grass skirt and others.
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Posted by Michelle on Sep 26, 2008 in Hayley
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Posted by Michelle on Jul 21, 2008 in Hayley, pups & other pets
As many of you know, Hayley had her friends give her donations for the SPCA instead of gifts for her 10th birthday party. They all had great fun getting gifts and we didn’t feel guilty about throwing a huge party again.
We got in touch with the volunteer education coordinator at our local SPCA in Raleigh and she gave us a personal tour of the facility when we dropped off our donations.
Lots of photos and notes from things she learned and wanted to share:
The new lovely SPCA center in Raleigh:
Hayley loved that the cats live in an open room with other cats and their own little cubbies:
A staff member’s husband made PVC pipe additions for the cats to have places to perch and roam:
Our SPCA doesn’t allow people to adopt animals they don’t intend of keeping outside all the time. They have an indoor/outdoor room to show the pets enjoying both:
Kitties:
The SPCA also has bunnies:
Microchip investigation:
Happy dogs with space to play:
Puppies:
We have lots of donations:
Oooo a certificate for Hayley!:
Other neat things she learned and remembered:
-Our SPCA loves to have people to come visit the animals because it helps them get ready to move to new homes.
-Our SPCA is a no-kill shelter, so the animals aren’t put to sleep.
-Our SPCA has a neat volunteer program for kids and parents.
-Our SPCA tries to keep most animals in group rooms because most people adopting from the SPCA have more than one pet.
-Our SPCA keeps kittens and puppies in more open cages because they are often young and new arrivals.
I’m so proud of her!
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Posted by Michelle on May 17, 2008 in Hayley, pups & other pets
This might have been the longest party circuit ever! Cupcakes at school, big cookie at soccer, family party at home and then big party with friends at WiiBounce. WiiBounce is half flat screens and Wiis and half bouncy inflatables.
It was SO FUN. We didn’t take a ton of photos because we were having so much fun. The idea of having her friends bring pet items for the shelter instead of gifts was a huge success. Kids had fun getting them, parents didn’t have to worry about wrapping and getting the right stuff and we didn’t have to worry about unwrapping so the kids played longer. We’ll take all the stuff to the SCPA soon too!
The family party was fun too, she got her Wii and all sorts of goodies to go with it. Everyone joined in playing the Wii, even the grandparents!
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Posted by Michelle on May 8, 2008 in Jeff, pups & other pets
Annabelle loves Jeff. He picked her out for us and we think she has a special bond with him. She snuggles with me, she’ll play with Hayley but she preens for Jeff – we call him her boyfriend.
Posted by Michelle on Aug 26, 2007 in Hayley, Jeff, pups & other pets
No one can snuggle or smooch downstairs without Annabelle literally hurling herself between you and licking like crazy. She also enjoys combing and chewing on hair from above. Soon we’ll have new living room furniture and she can’t launch her aerial attacks!
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Posted by Michelle on Jan 10, 2007 in Hayley, pups & other pets
Hayley came down and curled up on the couch while I was working on some tricky code. I looked over and found Annabelle asleep parallel to her, which her puppy arm draped across Hayley. When I got up, Annabelle moved to put her head on her elbow. Complete cute overload!
Posted by Michelle on Nov 25, 2006 in Hayley
When I work late downstairs sometimes Hayley wanders down around midnight. She wants me to take her up to bed with me, so I told her to wait just a minute so I could finish. Hayley snuggled right up with the pups and they were so adorable, I grabbed the camera.
I love her legs over Buster and Annabelle in the crook of her arm. Only a kid could lay that way, in her footie PJs. In the link to the photos below, you can see Annabelle wake up and ignore me all together, then Hayley wake up too.
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Posted by Michelle on Nov 8, 2006 in Michelle, pups & other pets
The adult here (moi) is trying to work – yes, I works on the couch in shorts with no shoes on but still, it is work and pays well. Add in a small dog who craves attention and my shoulder as well as a third-grader who wants my attention and my camera. So we end up with this series of photos that made me laugh.
Do you think Annabelle has some code suggestions for me?
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