Monday, October 24, 2005
This is a pretty typical view of the morning’s daily events. The last thing I do in the morning is eat breakfast which usually consists of a bowl of cheerios, a banana and a glass of orange juice. Well, bananas are one of the boys’ favorite “table scraps”. So, each day, there stand Benjamin & Henry putting on their cutest “I’m starving” faces. (Henry demonstrates his below)
They don’t begin to stir until they hear the snapping sound of the opening of the banana. Sometimes, if I am feeling very generous, I will dip the banana in the cheerios and a few will stick to the banana so that they have a nice crunchy/mushy combination. It is a true testament to their different personalities, though. Henry will wait patiently but wide eyed for the next sliver of banana to come his way. But bouncy baby Benny will go from the sit position to having both front paws on my thigh in a split second and then repeat this process. Up, down, up, down. He is chock full of excited “I love banana” energy. And there sits Henry, still waiting. His eyes seem to pop out of his head, but he is still patient. Henry just sits waiting, waiting, waiting as Benjamin bounces and circles. I guess they can’t wait for their daily potassium intake. They just use their time differently while waiting. Tomorrow I will tell you about another special treat that they got for breakfast.
Tuesday, August 16, 2005
Last night was a pretty nice night outside, so we decided to go out for ice cream. They boys came and patiently waited for their very own cup of Caramel custard. Needless to say, they loved it! Afterwards, Benny (who loves to lick) had the cutest “cake batter” smelling breath.
Wednesday, July 13, 2005
Last night we made a run to McDonald’s for dinner. We always go to the drive thru and bring the food home so that the boys can go with us. Drive thrus are one of their favorite places to go in the car.
Last night the boys were riding in the back seat using their new seat belts and the back windows were down about 3/4 of the way. We got to the drive thru, placed our order and pulled up the first window. We paid the lady and were about to pull up to the next window when she spotted the boys peaking out of the car trying so hard to catch a glimpse inside. She enthusiastically screamed, “Oh, puppies!” and tried to reach out to pet the boys. The boys of course were loving the attention.
When we pulled up to the next window, there were about four people standing there waiting to say hello to the boys. Again the boys were loving the attention and stretching as far out the window as they could. The next thing I know someone hands a napkin out the window to us. Inside the napkin is two chicken McNuggets. The boys’ eyes lit up when they saw and smelled the nuggets. We let them eat the McNugget in the car and everyone watching from the window, including two managers, got a kick out of watching them eat the McNuggets.
Needless to say, that really made the boys’ night. It will be interesting to see how they act the next time they go to McDonalds. I’m sure they will be anxiously waiting for their next McNugget!
Thursday, June 30, 2005
Recently, we have been eating a lot of Chinese food. No matter what we order we always get wonton soup. One night the boys were looking paticularly cute so we let them have one of the crunchy noodles that come with the wonton soup. We had no idea what we had started, but it turns out that the boys think these crunchy noodles are the tastiest things ever.
So, we decided to use these noodles for good and see if they could help us get the boys’ toenails cut. Usually, the boys get a small treat when they let us cut all of the toenails on one paw (or in Benny’s case, since he puts up such a fight, he get a treat for each toenail we cut). Well, it turns out that these noodles really have some pull with the boys. They were the perfect gentlemen while we were cutting their toenails. I had never seen them behave so well while getting their toenails trimmed. So, after their toenails were cut, we held up our end of the deal and gave each one of the boys a handful of the crunchy noodles. They loved it!
Tuesday, February 22, 2005
With the boys being on such a strict diet, it is very hard to find treats and biscuits that they can eat. I usually give them a piece of turkey lunch meat or a carrot for a treat, but these treats don’t travel very well.
That’s why I was so excited when I came across Health Pro Luv’a Bones at PETsMART this weekend. These are biscuit shaped holistic health treats specifically made for dogs. They have a couple flavors available but I got the boys Roasted Turkey with Sweet Potato. The treats are made with real turkey, sweet potato, cranberry and squash. They smell delicious and needless to say the boys love them!
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