The 12 Days of Summer

Rosie has been composing. Sing along to the tune of The 12 Days of Christmas...

On the twelfth day of summer Fanshawe gave to me,

Twelve meters of cliff scaling,

Eleven rowers rowing,

Ten puddles to play in,

Nine leaves a changing,

Eight (million) zebra mussels,

Seven creeping snails,

Six missing teeth,

Five pieces of dog poo,

Four running chipmunks,

Three feet of milk snake,

Two baby raccoons,

And on really tired chocolate lab pup......thank goodness!

Happy Fall to All!

Watering the Roses...growing like a weed

Well, it has been a while since we have updated our blog. Rosie is growing like a weed (30 pounds at 15 weeks and has lost 5 teeth so is a little toothless) and the road cycling season in finished. Mike is happy with his year and looking forward to the track season. He has had several great results and Rosie has taken to "chilling" at the bike races like a fish in water...a pig in mud...a bug in a rug...you get the idea. Here is a picture of Mike at the Provincial Time Trials. He got his but soundly kicked...he is a sprinter after all. Next year we are getting custom helmets to match our kits...that's going to be snappy!

Besides lots of bike racing Rosie is still excelling at puppy class. She has been invited to attend the intermediate class because of her attitude and love of learning. She still does not know as much as the older dogs but she is so far ahead of the other puppies it a little scary! Besides her obedience lessons she is learning some other useful things. She sits at every intersection...even when Michael forgets she reminds him. Her funniest trick is apparently she loves the shower. We are not talking a little light sprinkle. We're talking body jets and rain head on full blast. She would hit the shower every morning with us if we let her...odd little duckling...or lab. Here she is settling in for a nap after playing with some of her friends...she is very popular. I love this picture. Sometime I will get rid of the glowing eyes but for now you can see how cute she is. For some strange reason she likes to sit at the top of the stairs. Maybe she is hoping for an elevator ride down...but she's getting too big...so much for no stairs for a year.

Finally, here she is licking her lips and laying on the couch...that's the life of a dog!

That's our 15 week old puppy. Adorable and smart.

I'm Crazy!!!

All I want fo' Chwistmath...

...is my two fwont teef!

Yes, within the last couple days Rosie has lost her two (top, middle) front teeth. No wonder she's been frantically chewing/biting lately. Maybe the rest of the little daggers will fall out soon too; here's hoping!

Sorry, no pictures, her little daggers are just too small to get a good picture - that and she doesn't hold still long enough for the camera to focus...