Da Vinci's Christmas

 This is me and Da Vinci. 

We are excited about Christmas. 

The True Loves gave us a gift card to PETCO. 

My dad took me to pick out some fun toys for my dog. 

My mom helped me wrap his presents.

I think he liked trying to get the paper off. 

The plastic ball did not last very long. 

It was fun to watch him play. 

Santa got him some chew treats too. 

My dog had a good Christmas.

Ruff ruff Christmas.

A Trip to Arctic Circle

Me and my family went to Arctic Circle. 

They gave me a doggy treat for my dog. 

It was awesome.

Now he wants to go with us every time we go....  

ruff you later. 

A word from my mom.

The reason for our family outing to Arctic Circle, is so that Noah can get a brown topper. A brown topper is a soft ice cream cone dipped in a coat of chocolate that hardens. The routine is the same. The woman at the window will hand the ice cream off to Noah's father, Rick. He will then hand the cone to Noah. Da Vinci's eyes will remain fixated on that cone. He will snap his mouth between each transfer hoping for a taste of the "human's treats." Noah and Rick are always very careful. Tonight though, the pattern changed. The girl at the window was observing Da Vinci's smacking lips and asked, "Does your dog want an ice cream cone?" She already knew the answer to her question...she was just asking for our permission. Over to the ice cream machine she went. Clearly she had been aware of Da Vinci's size for the mountain of ice cream she had put on that cone.  She handed the cone over to Noah's dad. He paused as if to warn her not to blink as he said, "watch this..."  Now all our eyes were fixated on Da Vinci and that ice cream cone. As soon as Rick exclaimed, "okay!" Da Vinci snarffed that huge cone in one bite... We're not sure there was even a bite. It just disappeared. We did not know if he even tasted the flavor of the ice cream before he swallowed it. That massive swirl of vanilla ice cream atop a cone was devoured in microseconds. He licked his lips and waited...for praise...for another cone. We laughed instead. MMMMMmmmmm....I wonder, "Do dogs get a brain freeze?"

Sugar Coated

My mom fixed me waffles. 

I like to eat the with powdered sugar. 

I ate the waffles and Da Vinci wanted 

some too but he could not have any. 

Da Vinci grabbed the other frozen waffles 

by the toaster. 

He ran to his kennel because 

he was in trouble and he knew it. 

We were just about to leave 

when my mom noticed 

white footprints everywhere. 

They were dog prints. 

We followed the prints to the kennel. 

Da Vinci was covered in sugar

 and it was all over his kennel.

 I didn't even know he liked sugar. 

Now he is a sticky mess.