Hey Everyone! Mom hasn’t let me blog in a long time. She says she’s been busy, and if busy means not being home very much than she has been VERY busy. But, she was home this weekend because it was Easter. I’m not really sure why we celebrate Easter, but I got to do some fun things anyway. First, and not very much fun, Mom made me pose with stupid rabbit ears on. They were heavy and I didn’t like them much, but I got lots of treats if I sat there, so I did.
Then when I decided we were done, I took the ears and ran around all silly in the backyard. THAT was fun!
We also got to go to the beach. I wish there was still snow there, I love running in the dunes with the snow. Mom seemed to be happy it was warm and she didn’t have to put her boots on. The water was really low so I had LOTS of beach to play on.
Really?! I have to sit and pose again?
I also explored the little pools of water. I saw this little creature moving all funny so I went to check it out. Mom started yelling “Leave it!” just when I got close enough to sniff it. I don’t know what the big deal was, but she gave me a treat for being a good dog and listening to her and not touching it.
Then, later in the afternoon we played ‘find it’! ‘Find it’ is my FAVORITE game. Usually we play it with Teri in the big blue room or in our basement, but today we played outside. Mom filled these round things with chicken and put them in the yard for me to find. She said she stole borrowed the idea from Athena’s mom at Pitlandia. (Hi Athena! Thanks for having such a smart mom so mine can get ideas from her!)
At first I wasn’t sure how to get the chicken out. Then I realized if I used my paw enough it broke and out popped the yummies!
Easter must be really special because on top of all that other fun stuff, Mom and Dad made ham and I got to have a few bites! (But only when I sat nicely on my mat.) So, to recap: I got treats, went to the beach, played ‘find it,’ ate chicken, then ate ham. Best.day.ever.
Hope you all enjoyed Easter as much as I did!
Mr. & Mrs. & Nola Kisses 
Wow, I’d say you had a good Easter!
It seems like Maggie and Nigel may get super jealous if they don’t get their very own Easter egg hunt (even though we celebrate Passover…even dogs don’t like matzah!!). Walgreens sale eggs, here we come!
Yes! We paid $1.00 for twelve BIG eggs at Christmas Tree Shop. Even if you don’t celebrate, they’re great for Find It games!
We got them some eggs and they LOVED playing “find it” with them. We bought a second bag to use also. I’m sure they’ll enjoy many subsequent games. 😀
Wow, Nola! You had quite the Easter! It’s funny how very similar our Easter weekend was to yours. Athena also had to have an Easter modeling session wearing bunny ears, she had a super fun egg hunt (although she’s jealous that you had chicken hiding in your eggs…we should have hid some ham in there!!), and she also went to the beach!
Thanks for the shout out =)
Thanks for the idea! We hope that you don’t mind that we stole it! We like to use chicken (or tuna) when we play find it because it’s extra stinky. We only used a little so she wouldn’t spoil her dinner! Glad Athena had a good Easter too!
What an AWESOME weekend! She is so friggen cute I want to reach into the screen and squeeze her!
Awww thanks! That’s how we feel about your two too!
Nola makes the cutest Easter Bunny Ever with her big yellow ears. We didn’t do the Easter egg find it game, but we do have a bunch of eggs so maybe I’ll give it a spin. Ray helped me cook all day yesterday and when he stayed nicely on his mat, he got a bite, so he got less dinner yesterday. I think he was ok with that.
So cute! It definitely sounds like Nola had an awesome Easter. The photos of Nola playing “find it” with her Easter eggs remind me of some of the ones I got of my pup at the doggie Easter egg hunt we attended (which was also a fundraiser for the rescue we adopted her from): http://ofbarksandbones.blogspot.com/2013/04/lucky-dog-easter-egg-hunt-2013.html
I love her impatient face! So cute!!
Can’t wait to try the “find it” game with eggs. Unfortunately, I don’t have any of the eggs and I haven’t seen any around here on sale. I know Titan will have fun with it. Much thanks to Athen’s mom for sharing the idea!