Happy Birthday, Dad!

Today is our Dad's 60th birthday!  Happy birthday Dad!!!

For those of you who might be thinking that we aren't looking 100% thrilled about our celebratory headgear, well, you would be right.  Abby is a total suckup more tolerant of things on her head than I am.  Me?  Not so much...

Me trying to get this accursed hat off my head, while Abby continues to be a total suckup.

However, there were leftover steak bits involved, so I was compliant.  Maybe not totally excited, but compliant.  Which is better than I usually am when birthday hats are involved.

So take my word for it; we are all really happy about Dad's birthday!  And we were even happier when the hats and tiaras came off!

Dad's Mom and his sister surprised him with a weekend visit for his birthday, and while we weren't included in some of the festivities (Mom took Dad to dinner at a fancy steakhouse Friday night where his Mom and sister showed up out of the blue and totally surprised him!), it looks like everyone had a great time!

Dad and his Mom at the steakhouse - which supplied the leftover steak bits which were involved in the birthday headgear photos!

So Mom and Dad spent a lot of time this weekend not doting on us... BUT, Mom and Dad got a lot of time with Dad's family, which made everyone quite happy (and we were happy about the leftover steak!). And we finally got to meet Dad's family (and believe it or not, there are No Photos, because Mom was on the phone the entire time trying to help our grandmother sort out her new phone - but it really happened)!  And we are SURE that our grandmother LOVED meeting us - you know, once we stopped barking, and Abby decided to show her her how much she loved meeting her by being a lap dog and squashing her.

Of course there was 'khake'.  Well, technically, brownies, but it's the same idea.  And it's a good thing they sell those number candles, as I doubt our Mom could have fit sixty candles on the pan of brownies!

Happy birthday, Dad!  And you know we love you when we will wear silly headgear for you!

When Mom and Dad weren't doing birthday things, Abby and I took advantage of our warm weather, and our melting snow (we've got to enjoy it while we've still got it!).

Happy dance!

Mom is really keen on these 'running at you' photos, so don't be surprised if you see a lot of them!

Incoming!!!

"I have a frisbee for you! " 

I mentioned that Mom likes these photos, right?

Abby is a very long dog....

And she's got great ear flappage!

"Hi, Mom.  I have another frisbee for you!"

As I mentioned, our snow is melting rapidly, so don't be surprised if there are pictures of muddy pawprints soon!

When we aren't chasing frisbees, we are tolerating Mom's photo efforts.  Her latest 'thing' is to learn more about lighting, so she's been taking a lot of photos of us using an 'off-camera flash'.  Whatever.  It involves a white umbrella that we are given treats to sit in front of...

Mom LOVES these 'soft light' photos!

One of Mom's all-time favorites!

We've had a Very Busy week!  And we're ready for a nap!

*kissey face*
-Fiona and Abby the Hippobottomus

Snowballs!

We got a little bit of new snow today, and when Mom came home, we went out for some frisbee and snowball action.  Ordinarily I would save these for the end of the week, but there was such excitement with the snowballs that I asked Mom to post some of the photos today.

Oh yeah!

"Keep your eye on the snowball, Abs!"

And open wide!

Abby looks rather pleased with herself, don't you think?

It's like a snow cone without the cone!

However, I would like to just show the world that my sister is a rotten sister.  Don't get me wrong; I love her dearly.  But she's rotten.  In this following photo, you will see that I am obviously focused on the snowball coming my way.  You will also clearly see that my rotten sister has bombed in to steal my snowball.

Rotten sister!

Yes, Abby is becoming the Queen of the Photobombs. 

Hopefully our snow will stay on the ground for a day or two (although it doesn't sound like it is supposed to...), because snowball time is fun time - even when my rotten sister steals my snowballs!

*kissey face*

-Fiona and Abby the (snowball stealing) Hippobottomus

In Which Mom Gets all 'Creative'

For those of you who have been perusing Mom's photo blog, you know Mom has been trying out new gadgets and techniques and whatnot.

Being the good dogs that we are (and knowing that Mom always comes to photo shoots armed with treats), we have been quite tolerant of these photographic endeavors.

Yesterday, Mom decided to try out her 'remote shutter release'.  Whatever.  Basically she wanted to sit on the couch with us and get some pictures.  Abby and I, of course, complied.

"Abs, look thrilled.  This is a Fun Family Photo!"

For those of you who know me, you know that I am a bit of a 'kissing bandit' - I love to steal kisses whenever I can.  And this photo session seemed like a perfect opportunity!

Now you don't ever have to wonder where '*kissey face*' came from!  Heehee!  And don't worry - Mom loves to get kisses from me!

A few days ago, Mom decided to try out a 'fisheye adapter'.  I have No Idea what the purpose of this is, other than to possibly make Abby's snooter look even bigger than normal...

As Dexter's Mom said, that is the thing of nightmares!  Talk about Hipposnooterus!

Seriously, why do need photos in which Abby's snooter looks even larger than usual?

I have a petite snooter, and yet this lens even makes my snooter look big.  I don't know about this....

Today, Mom decided to 'play with light'.  Hopefully that's nothing like playing with matches....  *ahem*  As always, there were treats involved, so Abby and I managed to play along.

Yes, I am as sensitive and caring as this photo makes me look.  Thanks, Mom!

Proof that Abby really does have a dark side!  Heehee!

But lest you think our entire week was spent as super-models, do not despair.  In spite of our pathetic weather conditions (we have MUD in our yard; at the beginning of March!  This is just So Wrong.), we have been getting in some outdoor funballs action.

Frisbee action in a snow flurry!

Frisbee zoomies!

 

This is what most of our weather has been like - very warm and sunny (and mushy snow)!

But the weather conditions don't stop us from having fun!

The Flying Hippobottomus!

With the melting snow, we've been having fun going after snowballs!

"It 'sploded!"

Mini iceberg coming my way!

Mom says this photo reminds her of the old Star Trek episode 'The Doomsday Machine' where this giant machine roams the universe swallowing up solar systems.  She says my mouth looks like the 'gaping maw' of this planet killer.  As usual, I have No Idea what she's talking about, but it's clearly some geeky thing.

We also got in some good frisbee zoomies!  (We have to maintain our girlish figures for our modeling career, you know!)

Crazy puppy!

Double zoomies!

Clearly, Mom is having fun getting these photos!

Of course, Abby spent a little time laying about in the snow (what else is new?!?)...

And we posed for some obligatory snow photos (on the one day this week where we got wet snow that turned into mush almost immediately).

Happy snow dog!

Wet, happy snow dog!

Mom has about a zillion more photos, but you get the idea of what our week has been like!

*kissey face*
-Fiona and Abby the Hippobottomus