I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas! Here’s a recap of how our holiday went at the DB&DT house. Christmas eve was Stoli’s 5th birthday so we celebrated by giving the dogs their plaid ‘bling’ from Scotland which included bandanas for the girls and a fancy bow tie collar for Stoli. They looked pretty snazzy as we delivered Christmas gifts to a couple of neighbors during an afternoon walk.
Lucky for the Hubs and I our kiddos aren’t in a big hurry to wake up on Christmas morning, so we slept in a bit and then go to opening presents. Luna was sure this pile was all for her and when I told her it wasn’t she had to investigate each to confirm.
We always get three of everything so the dogs are equal and put them in matching or coordinated bags. Since Luna was pouting that not everything was for her, we started with the dogs’ gifts, letting them take turns ‘opening’ one. Stoli was so polite and kept looking at daddy for the ok to pull out the gift. Tequila on the other hand was ready to dive in and find the goodies.
Daddy tried to help Stoli by bouncing the toys out of the bags, but that just led to Brinley swooping in and snagging them.
He eventually got the hang of things and started reaching in like his sisters, although sometimes he still wanted Daddy to help.
Tequila was ready for another and dove right in as soon as it was ready. Then she supervised her brother doing the same during his turn, albeit a bit more gingerly.
While the dogs were entertained with their first round of toys for a bit Luna got to open a few presents. She wasn’t sure at first, but having seen the dogs open their gifts she decided to investigate. You know that old adage about curiosity and cats… 🙂
Moments later she was pawing her new toy out of the bag with a bit of help from Daddy. This one makes noise which attracted the dogs’ attention so we let her play with it for a bit before moving on to the next gift.
Up next was the biggest gift, which means it was the biggest bag too. Honestly, the bags are kinda her favorite part of presents – at least when opening gifts anyway.
She went right in to check it out while her siblings watched.
Now that the dogs were back to being interested in presents we moved on to the ones I had DIYed for them, with a special yummy surprise at the bottom. Always the gentleman, Stoli again asked Daddy for permission before diving in.
The smell of the bone at the bottom drew him in and he spent several minutes with his head buried in the bag pushing the fleece braid rope out of the way to sniff the bone while his big sister watched.
Apparently he was taking too long for Brinley because she decided to come help so Daddy switched to her gift.
Next Tequila opened a combined gift from their Aunt & Uncle, then assisted Luna with her gift from the same relative.
Daddy opened the dogs bones so they were busy with that, leaving Luna to finish up her gifts uninterrupted.
The dogs had a pretty good haul at this point, and they still had a few gifts to go!
While the fur babies were all busy with their new favorite toys, we opened our gifts and connected with family on the phone. While the spending money I received is quite handy I think these two guys are my favorite gifts this year. The big elf is from my Mother-in-Law and the smaller one is from my sister. There is still one more gift coming from my sister that will be a close second – two new Rae Dunn mugs that say Bark & Woof! They will be perfect for our house! 🙂
We spent the rest of the day snuggling on the couch watching movies while I got caught up on some of my favorite blogs. It was a great way to spend the holiday together, resting and enjoying each other’s company. Hopefully we can do a little more of that this weekend as we celebrate the new year!
Dust Bunnies and Dog Toys 