What's Zooming on My Pond?

Mom and I walked around the pond tonight. I heard a funny buzzing sort of noise on the way over there. It got pretty loud. When I looked at my pond, you know what I saw? Boats! That's right -- there were boats out zooming around my pond.

Mom said that they were "remote control" boats 'cause our pond isn't big enough for boats people ride in. And there were guys on the side of the water with things that told the boats where to drive on the pond. That's pretty weird, don't you think?

Anyway, the good thing about the boats zooming on my pond is that it scared all of the geeses away. Those loud honkers keep pooping on my sidewalk! I wouldn't mind 'em if they would stop doing that. And maybe quiet down a bit. They're so loud!

Bad thing about the boats is that they scared away the duckies, too. Mom and I like to listen to them quackin' out on my pond. (They're not as loud as the geeses and they don't poop all over, either!)

Gotta admit that the boats zooming sorta scared me a little, too. Mom had to pull me along for a bit when the boats got super close to the sidewalk. Oopsie...

Pond News

Mom and I walked around the pond this weekend, and Mom took along our camera. So here's a picture of me checking out those silly geese out on the pond. There are duckies out there, too.


The geeses were pretty quiet for this walk. Some geese over at the next pond (we don't walk past there) were honking up a storm, but the ones on our pond weren't. I did catch some geese getting ready to poop all over my sidewalk, though, so I chased them back to the water. Don't poop on my sidewalk!

And look! My puddle was back! I ran right through the middle of it. Mom was not amused, but I loved it!

Yeah for my puddle! I love that thing!

All of my Halloween Clothes

Mom's been getting me dressed up for Halloween every year since she adopted me. She loves it, and I put up with it 'cause I get extra cookies for being good. Works well for both of us!

So here are some of my looks from over the years...

The first year I lived with Mom, she made me a Tinkerbell costume. She sewed it all just for me. Made me feel pretty special, even if I couldn't stand the baby socks and barrette she made me wear! (Now these pictures are before I got my new haircut, so no giggling about that old 'do...)

The next year, I was a bumble bee. I wasn't a fan of the costume, especially the hat, so Mom tricked me by putting it on me when I was sleepy!

And then I was a lady bug. I wore the hat for Mom...but then I shook it off so that the antennas were at my chin!

I think after I was a lady bug, I was Snow White. I looked like such a dork that year...

Mom got me a princess outfit that year, too, that I didn't wear. I hated that thing. It didn't last long when she tried to make me wear it!

Stupid princess outfit...the aftermath...

Then I got to be a duckie. Quack, quack!

And then I was a chicken. Mom thought that was hysterical because I get scared a lot...so she says I'm a chicken anyway.

Last year I was a little Halloween witch. I got to go trick-or-treating at Grandma and Grandpa's house. That was fun!

Still not a fan of hats...

Mom also got me a princess outfit last year. This one was much better than the last princess outfit. I was supposed to wear it this year for Halloween, but, um, the costume shrunk and doesn't fit me very well now. At least the "costume shrinking" thing is the theory that I'm going with. Oh, well. I didn't really like this princess hat, either, but the dress was o.k..

Mom got me an extra costume for this year. She said it was on sale cheap and she couldn't pass it up! So I've got a luau girl outfit. (Would have been perfect for the luau party Aunt Katie threw for Mom and I!) It's pretty cute. The skirt kept making rustle noises and freaking me out, but I didn't try to shake it off. Mom turned my top around backwards 'cause she said you couldn't see any of the detail on it when it was on the right direction. She liked the little flowers, so to get them in the picture, she put it on me backwards. She's so silly!

And my official costume for this year just came in the mail today! Mom's pretty excited. Me? Well, you know that I just wear this stuff to humor her. Stay tuned for pictures! Mom says we have to wait until closer to Halloween for those!

Goose Update

Mom and I walked around the pond again tonight. All of the bazillion geeses are STILL over there. This time they were all just floating around on the water, though. They weren't acting all crazy like they were last night. I think their party must have been done.

So the geese were quieter, but they still haven't picked up all of that messy poop that they left on my sidewalk. My Mom picks up my poop. Why don't the geeses' moms pick of theirs?

Oh -- we saw some duckies tonight, too. They were walking by the sidewalk. I didn't want to scare 'em, so I just acted like I didn't see them. I think they still got a little scared, though. They were quacking at me. I just kept on walking and sniffing the grass.

Quack, Quack, Quack

Guess what I did this morning on my walk... I chased some ducks!

Mom and I didn't walk around the pond 'cause she didn't wake up early enough. So we just walked around the buildings where we live. Those duckies must have been confused, too, because they were hanging out near a drainage ditch by a building near our house. I didn't see them at first because I was already walking really fast, sniffing and looking for a good spot in the grass to take care of some business. Then I looked up, and there were two duckies RIGHT in front of me! They started to take off 'cause I must have scared them. I thought, "Well I'm going to take advantage of this!" and I took off after 'em.

I would have caught one of them, too, if I wasn't on that stupid leash. Of course I have no idea what I would have done if I had caught it...but at least I could say that I caught a duckie!

Quack, quack, quack