A day at the playground

One day in the winter after it snowed and the snow was thawing making everything muddy, Daddy took me to the park. Not the dog park, a different park. He was letting me sniff around the playground equipment, and I climbed up by the slide. I was sniffing some ice at the top of the slide, and the ice broke and I slipped and went down the sliding board! It was fun! Mommy said that some day she wanted to come with us to the different park so that she could see me go down the slide. So, on one drizzly day in the Spring, we went back to the park with Mommy.

We went and I sniffed around. Then Daddy took me to the top of the little slide and we showed Mommy what I could do. After going down the little slide, we went up to the twisty slide, Mommy didn't think I'd go down, but I did. Sorry, the picture of me going down isn't good, Mommy was so surprised she wasn't ready to take the picture. But you can see my furry little bottom in the picture on the right!

I'm Three!

I'm a little late in posting this, but I'm three! My birthday was on April 5. The weekend of my birthday Mommy went to visit her friend, so Daddy and I hung out all weekend. In honor of my birthday he bought me a cheeseburger for dinner and it was yummy! Then, on Sunday, the actual day of my birthday, Mommy came home and brought me an ice cream cake. YUM! I wish my birthday was every day!


My cake looked and smelled so good I didn't want to wait for Mommy and Daddy to light the candles and sing to me, so I tried to lick off some of the icing.

"What do you mean I have to blow out the candles before I eat it?"

"If I pose for one picture, then can I eat the cake?"

"What do you mean 'wait until I cut you a piece?' You guys can split the little piece, what's left is mine."
Note from Mommy: Cooper did not get to eat the entire cake. He just got a small piece.

Muddy Buddies

Sami and I went to the park on a very muddy day. It was FUN! And then Mommy made me take a bath with shampoo. Not fun.

Knock Knock

Who's There? Coop! Can you believe Daddy locked me out of the office? I can't believe it either.

Would anyone like to come upstairs?

I love to go upstairs, but only if someone goes up with me. I don't like to be alone if I can help it. If I go upstairs and Mommy doesn't come with me, I'll stare at her until she does. There isn't anything she could possibly have to do that wouldn't include me. Why wouldn't she come upstairs?

Sometimes, I just can't make up my mind.

Sometimes do you find it really hard to make up your mind. Like sometimes I want to sit on the couch. And others I don't. And then sometimes I think I want to get up, but then I change my mind halfway through. It's hard being a dog, I have so much to think about!

Bed time!

Aunt Tori spent the week with us a few weeks ago. She kept stealing my bed. We tried to share, but there is not enough room for two Golden Retrievers in my bed. But do you know where there is room for two Golden Retrievers?

In Mommy and Daddy's bed! But wait, there isn't any room for Daddy! We tried to tell him he could sleep in the kitchen on my bed, but he wasn't interested.

My new shirt

Oh, sorry Daddy. Were you planning on wearing this?

Christmas Part 2

After Christmas dinner, I snuck back into the dining room to help clean off the table. Grandma was not too happy about me licking her good china, but couldn't help smiling because I am so cute.

Christmas, part 1

We had a very nice Christmas. We woke up and Daddy and I went on a walk. Then we had breakfast. Then we opened presents. My first present was a fire hydrant made out of the same

material as my favorite green squishy ball, and it had a big treat stuffed inside it. It was so cool! I didn't want to open any of my other presents, or look in my stocking, I just wanted to play with my new toy! Come to think of it, I never did open my other presents...Mommy, what happened to them?

Later, we went to Grandma, Grandpa and Aunt Tori's to meet up with the rest of the family. I'll tell you more about that later!

Mmmm, cookies

Mommy made a bunch of cookies for Christmas. She uses the same handmixer than Grandma used when Mommy and Aunt Steener were kids. Mommy lets me lick one of the beaters when she is done, just like she did when she was a kid!