Sea Invasion

I would like the President and Homeland Security to know that if there is ever an invasion by sea, they have a new recruit in Finn.  She doesn't let anything foreign invade her water space.

Poor duckies.  They never stood a chance.

Darn Rug.

One day, I noticed the rug in the dining room was bubbling.  

It wasn't like that the day before. 

We lifted it up, and discovered a HUGE wet mark underneath the rug.

Could it have been a leak from the air conditioning?  No, ruled that out.

Did Finn pee on the rug?  

She had let us sleep in until 8am that day, a feat which rarely happens.

So maybe she didn't bug us to get up because she didn't need to go out?

We put down some paper towels and noticed that the liquid was not yellow.

Hmmm...hubby had played with Finn in the sprinkler the day before, she came in sopping wet and she had laid down on the rug to take a nap.  

Ah ha!  The top part had dried, but the bottom had not. 

So, alas, we had to dry out the rug and weigh it down on the edges so it bubbled no more.

Now we dry her off after all sprinkler fun.

Newest Bedtime Routine

So Finnie will hear Momma doing her teeth cleaning routine

and she meets Momma at the door to the bathroom so she can

get herself in the tub....

Then Momma runs the water and she just tries to drink it from the faucet...

Yes, I am wet, woman, don't bother me with your photographs...

Then she taps, taps in the water and attempts to drink what she splashes...

Then Momma starts to drain the water and Finnie wonders

the water is leaving...

And then we dry ourselves off...

And wait until tomorrow to do it all again!  Fun times!!

Walking in the Rain

Finn has been having a pretty awesome 24 hour period.  Why, you ask?  Because, it's raining here.  Not just sprinkles either, torrential downpour.  And what retriever doesn't like water?  You ever notice that your walks take about 20% longer...when it's raining?  Oh yes, we love the rain.

This is what the sky looks like.

This is the let-me-out-to-play, I've-been-a-good-good-girl-so-far-today look.  (Also known as I-am-going-to-reek-havoc-and-jump-and-splash-and-pull-and-drag-you-on-our-walk-today look).

This is the puddle where we like to splash.

This is the motion we like to make in water - just a little tap, tap to make sure that when the water is splashed, we can catch it in our mouths.  We do this in every puddle, no matter how big or small.

This is the tree that fell down a couple of blocks over.  Luckily, it fell into the road.

This is the rolling around in the tree moment which caused us to smell like pine.

This is where we decided to lay down for a bit and soak in the water and smells.

*Subliminal message* *Flower pictures* *Flower pictures* *Flower pictures* 

Time to shake it all off.

This where we decided to look up at the sky and try to figure out where the rain was coming from...

...in the middle of the road, no less.

And now this is what we're doing while Mommy's typing it all up.

Saturday Morning

Finn's Saturday was a little bit like a roller coaster - up and down.  After a tough night of sleep, I decided we were going to go for a little walk.  I went to a state park which allows dogs - there aren't too many around here.  They have some great hiking trails!

We arrived early - hey, I'm no fool, it's still July and hot here.  But we no sooner started out on our walk, when Finn kept looking behind us.  She turned her head around maybe three times, and then just decided to turn back and head to the car.  Who am I to argue?  So, after a quick tick check, we get back in and go.

I didn't want it to be just a boring old day, so I had an idea!

Soon, Finn took notice.

And then the whining to play began!  I let the pool fill up a bit, and then it was playtime!  You've seen Finn in our pool before, so I'll spare the photo details.  Except for this one.   When she's splashing in the water, she tries to catch it with her mouth - I think I was able to capture it here.

Now, I'm hoping a certain someone doesn't read this blog too soon.  I had some trouble emptying the pool, and I flooded the woodchips.  Uh oh.  Can you tell?  I think I am going to head back out there and do some fixing.  Finn, don't tell Daddy.

Hope you all are still keeping cool!

Beach Day 2011

Our doggie park hosted Beach Day today!  I invited a friend and her pup to join us, and man, did we have fun!  They set a huge doggie pool for all the dogs to go in, with a  refreshing sprinkler on the side.

  

Where's Finn??

At first Finn wouldn't even go in the pool, and when she did, she splashed around on the edges...

Then she decided to go for it!

And, of course, the "after" picture.  Great Saturday morning fun!

Four Stages of Hose Mania

Recognition, jump for joy;
at this moment we are confused as to if we own a dog or a kangaroo

Urgency stage; The "turn it up" look

Pure enjoyment

And finally, what we call "crazy eyes";
is there such a thing as too much fun with the hose?!?!

My Own Pool!

Well....it happened!  The plumber came yesterday to install this

So we had water in the backyard!  And Dad could do this

And then I could do this

I had sooooooo much fun

Then I came back inside so I could do this

Re-energize for round 2!!