Twas the Night Before Christmas

And a stocking was hung by the Chimney with care,

 'cuz good ol'  St. Nick had already been there!

Mom took down the stocking & gave it to me;

Is this a trick?  I'm sure it COULD be!

But low and behold, there was stuff that I like

Things good to eat, not some silly old bike.

And this colorful round thing, I think its a ball

Yes, Mom is throwing it straight down the hall.

But what is it made of, I must find out fast

I really don't think this ball's going to last.

Oh, well, at least I enjoyed all the treats;

And this morning mom baked some really good eats.

At least that's what she said she was doing, you see,

She called it a Dutch Baby, but how could that be?

I've met lots of babies and if this one is Dutch,

I can't say that I like them that much!

So hope you all had a wonderful day;

Merry Christmas to all; I'm hitting the hay!

Love G

School Project

Yesterday I went to school to see my kids.  I get so excited that I start singing and whining a couple of miles before we get there.  Mom laughs at me but I can't help it.  I'm just so excited to see them.

Mom had a special project for the kids.  See, last time we got together they all played Doggie Breed Bingo.  They thought it was a lot of fun.  Mom thought it worked great 'cuz the older kids helped the younger kids find the breeds on their cards and nobody cheated.  I didn't like it so much 'cuz they didn't pay as much attention to me as usual.  I liked it better when they all sat on the floor around me and talked while they petted me.  But Mom says, it's not ALL about me.  I thought it was.

Anyway, Mom told the kids that one of the chips had gone missing so if anyone had a Malinois on their card, they would never be able to fill that spot.  So she emailed the company that made the game over in London, and they sent her a new Malinois chip.  I think it might have helped that she told them that she used the game for kids and sent a picture of me.  I'm sure it was my picture that did it!  

When she told this to the kids, they wanted to send a thank you note to the people at the company.  So she brought lots of stuff to make Christmas/Thank You cards.  And they loved that too!  Vance (Mr. Australia I call him, 'cuz he can talk like someone from Australia if he wants to, and he does it a lot!), said, Oh, boy, ART stuff.  I love Art."  I saw Mom look relieved at that.

So they went to work, and I ran back and forth under the table to get pets while they worked.  Four of them did their own cards and three of them worked together on one.  Here is what they came up with:

This is Susan's card.  She is just 5, so she can't write much.  But she had a lot of fun with the Glitter Glue!  In fact, it took four hours before the glue dried!

Vance did this one:

He was pretty clever.  He put scotch tape on the paper where he was going to write in case he didn't like what her wrote and had to change it.  And he did change it.  The first time it said "Thank you."  But why would he change it to Victor?  I don't know.

Eli, Oliver and Andrew made a big card together.  They talked to each other and agreed who was going to put what things where.  Mom said that was a really good sign that things were working.  Here is the front and middle of their card.

Lanny must want to be an artist.  He's the oldest and I really like him.  He drew me!

He doesn't spell so good, but that doesn't bother me.

Mom is going to send the cards to London today.  I can't wait to see what they say.

Hope you get fun Christmas cards and Thank You notes this year!

Love, G