June 20th, 2019

Hello everybody! How are you? I am okay. Mom starts her vacation from the not-retail job on Saturday, so we're kind of excited. We are going to go pick up her sister and nephew on Sunday, and maybe go some other places during the week. (And have lots of naps, because that's what we do when we have lots of time on our hands.) It's going to be nice not to spent so much time in the car waiting for Mom to get out of work. 

Oliver says hi. We have spent a lot of time this week on the porch. After we get home from Mom's work, she takes me and sits on the porch with Oliver for an hour or two. It has been pretty nice outside. Mom has gotten bitten by mosquitoes, but they don't bother Oliver or I!

What would do you think we should do on our vacation? I hope you have a great week!
 

May 10th, 2019

Hello everyone! How are you? I am okay, but Mom is pretty tired. This week she is learning how to process returns at her job. It turns out that a lot of people return shoes, tablecloths, and broken electronic things. They also return them without their invoice, so she's got to look some of them up. (She says she doesn't understand why people do this.)

It has been a rainy week in Wisconsin. There was a few days of bright skies though, which made us happy. Now I hope that it gets a bit warmer! 

Sigh. Mom says it's time to go to bed. I guess since she's the one who has to work in the morning, she ought to get a vote! Talk to you next week!

March 29th, 2019

Hello everyone! How are you? I’m okay. Mom has to go to the retail job soon, so this is going to be a very short entry.

Spring seems to be staying. It’s not warm enough to spend a lot of time outside, but we’ve been out with Graham. What do you think about the weather? I love spring! I’m looking forward to gardening! I also want to sit on the porch. What are your favorite outside things to do?

March 15th, 2019

Hello everybody! How are you? I am okay. We spent the last day at Mom's sister's house, and the nephew played with all of us-- and I'm tired! Playing with a three year old is exhausting! Even Oliver agrees. He likes taking off my sweatshirt, but doesn't quite have the patience for zipper removal. I got my sweatshirt taken off at least three times!

It got all the way to 52 degrees Fahrenheit yesterday. It means that all that snow we've been getting is melting. Every spring, the water run off from the neighboring subdivisions and houses gathers into a stream and runs down our backyard. This time it was pretty impressive. It is much too muddy to go out and get a closer picture, but Mom took this one from the driveway. It's a sure sign that spring is coming!

Talk to you next week!

March 1st, 2019

Hello everyone! How are you? I am okay. It snowed earlier this week, but today was very pretty. Mom and Oliver went out for a walk in the afternoon and took some pretty pictures that I wanted to share with you.

I've been admiring this icicle when we drive into the garage for a while. It will probably get to be too warm for it to stay frozen soon, but it's interesting to watch it grow.

It's been so snowy lately, that I'm pretty impressed by the sun today. The sky was just so nice and blue!

Talk to you next week. I hope you all have a great day!

February 22nd, 2019

Hello everybody! How are you? I am okay. Mom had a poor day at work, so she wants to go to bed. I told her that we could keep this short today.

It has been another week of poor weather around here. It snowed again yesterday. I don't mind the snow. I wish Mom would find some waterproof shoes for me so I could go play in the snow. Do any of you play in the snow? I have boots-- but they're not waterproof. Mom says that I'm not waterproof, so I need shoes that are!

I think I would like to build a snowman-- well, a snow bear the most! Maybe go sledding? What do you think? What would you do if you could go outside and play in the snow?

Talk to you next week!

April 27th, 2018

Hello everyone! How are you? Spring is here to stay (I hope!) here in Wisconsin. It’s becoming very green around here. This is the spring runoff that runs behind our house. We live up the road/hill from a swamp, so all the runoff goes to the swamp.

Mom says we should be able to start planting our miniature garden soon. I am looking forward to sitting out on the porch.
I hope the weather is nice where you are. Do you like planting a garden? Talk to you next week!

April 6th, 2018

Hello everyone! How are you? I’m okay, but Mom is tired. She types a lot quicker then I do, so I usually leave her to transcribing my blog entries. (Two paw typing is much slower than ten finger typing!)
It snowed again in Wisconsin. I thought spring had arrived, but Mother Nature had different ideas. It’s all white again! I want to start picking out plants and seeds—not shoveling!
Mom was looking through our tags to see what we could write about. I reminded her of our previous theme, words starting with the letters of the alphabet in order, and she thought we might start again at ‘a’. She just bought Adelaide a new purse, so it’s a good start!

Adelaide has been here for the longest of all the American Girls. She was the very first. Mom rescued her from a thrift store. She usually gets the new things first since she’s the oldest. (I usually get the plushie stuff first because I’ve been here the longest too!)
Talk to you next week!

February 16th, 2018

Hello everyone! How are you? I am okay. Mom’s parents have been on vacation for the past few days. Mom feels okay about leaving Milton, Foster, and I at home so we don’t have to spend the day in the car in the cold. I’m glad to be warm, but I miss Mom.

It’s been nice here in Wisconsin. It’s sort of unseasonably warm. It was 45 degrees Fahrenheit today (which is 7 degrees Celsius for the rest of the world.) It’s usually subzero at this point in winter around here.

Oliver has discovered his squeaky ball. Grandma hides it from him because he can be very persistent about playing. Mom doesn’t seem to mind, so she lets him have it. (That little bit of brown fur on the bottom of the picture is me! Mom was holding me when she took the picture!)
I hope you all have a great week. I’m hoping for more spring-like weather!

October 27th, 2017

Hello everyone! How are you? I’m okay. Mom changed departments at her not-retail job. She is back in embroidery. She doesn’t get to come outside on her lunch break any more. (Because it is only fifteen minutes instead of an half hour!) I miss the extra time with her. She does get out earlier though, which is kind of nice.

It was rather cold and rainy today. (This is what it looks like at 5:30 in the morning when Mom is waiting to go into work.) Mom says that in January, we will think that these temperatures are warm. (I know this happens every year!) For those of our friends who are entering into fall, has it gotten colder where you live? (Mom explained to me that not everyone’s going into fall—some people are going into spring!)

Otherwise, things have been pretty quiet around here. Mom bought some more rement and books. She says that she wants to buy me some new clothes, but hasn’t gone to the right store lately. We spent Wednesday with Graham. He loves to walk, so we walk around the property. Oliver likes it too!
More next week! Hope you all have a great day!

October 20th, 2017

Hello everyone! How are you? Mom and I are going to work on my blog entry and her family tree until her headache goes away.

Things have been pretty quite around here. The weather has been nice, so we have been spending a lot of time sitting outside on the porch with Oliver and Graham. It was almost 70 degrees Fahrenheit today! It’s supposed to get a little colder next week though. There won’t be as much wandering around outside for Graham and Mom when it’s only 50 degrees.
Are you looking forward to Halloween? I love all the colors! I also like the black cats! I don’t think they’re scary at all. Are you going to dress up for Halloween? This year maybe Graham will go trick-or-treating and I can go with!
I hope you have a great week!

September 29th, 2017

Hello everyone! How are you? I am okay. Things have been pretty quiet around here, but that’s a good thing, I think.
Fall has arrived in Wisconsin. All the trees are changing colors!

Mom took the nephew out to walk around yesterday. He loves the leaves! (He also loves making a mess!)

I like fall. It’s a lot cooler! I also like the colors that the leaves change to. Mom says that they change to colors that match me!
I’m tired, so I think I’m going to convince Mom and Oliver to go to bed. I hope you all have a great week!

July 14th, 2017

Mom says that she is too tired and cranky to go downstairs to get the computer and post this via our usual blogging platform. I did a little googling, and found an app called Blogo. I hope this turns out to be a good app for the ipad. (It doesn't have spell check though?!)

Mom took this picture last night. Isn't kind of foreboding? It's actaully just the sun setting behind some clouds. I like clouds. Have any of you flown through clouds? It is definitely one of my wishes! I wonder if you could touch a cloud? Obviously, you probably would need a space suit or something or you would not be able to breathe! What do you think?

June 16th, 2017

Hallo! How are you? Things are all right around here. Mom’s been working a lot lately, so we haven’t gone on any adventures!
There were tornadoes around where we live on Wednesday. We were safe inside, but there were some people who took pictures and videos! (Actually, we were at Mom’s sister’s house, and she didn’t want to go out in the rain, so she decided to stay there until it stopped raining. It turned out that it was a very good idea!) The trees around our house just got some branches broken off.

Oliver was not impressed with Mom’s picture taking. But he was making such a grumpy face that I decided wanted to stare it with someone!
Mom says that she wants to go to bed now, and since she’s my typist, I guess I ought to!
Talk to you next week!

April 7th, 2017

Good afternoon, everybody! Mom is helping me write on Thursday because she has to work on Friday night. She had to work all day today and then we drove her sister and her nephew home. We got home about twenty minutes ago, so it’s been a long day.
Spring has decided to stay in Wisconsin. Last week the weather forecasters threatened snow, but this week we’ve had temperatures around 45-50 degrees Fahrenheit. Thursday was especially pretty, although it was kind of windy.

Mom also bought some more tiny things. Wren, one of our BJD friends, has decided that she wants to learn how to paint. So Mom bought her some canvases and an easel.

Do you have any ideas of what she should paint? I’ll show you what she makes if she will let us! Talk to you later!

November 11th, 2016

Good afternoon, everybody! How are you all? I’m all right. Things are still pretty quiet around here. Mom is pretty tired from all her working. I want to go on an adventure, but she doesn’t have the energy. Maybe next week!

We have been having a very nice fall here in Wisconsin. It’s one of the reasons I want to go outside! Mom let me sit on her lap when she drove home today so I could see the scenery! I do love fall.
Do you have a favorite season? Mom likes summer because everything grows and there are flowers. I think I like fall because of all the reds and oranges and yellows. What do you think?

August 5th, 2016

Boy, it’s been hot around here in Wisconsin. I’m very glad that we have air conditioning. I don’t think I’d be a very happy bear if we didn’t! (I know I talk about the weather a lot—I just don’t like the heat! When fall comes, I’ll talk about the leaves or something else instead!)
So Mom survived the Harry Potter night. She took pictures and posted them on her Facebook page and on our Flickr page in an album. Have any of you read it?
Mom loves buttons. I spend a lot of time helping her sort them. We have jars of buttons sorted by color. After a bit, we then spread those buttons out and match them with their friends. The sets of buttons go into little bags. We have big plastic bags filled with these sets. Some of the sets we take pictures of and post them to Instagram. We have it so Instagram automatically posts to Flickr where we have a whole folder of them!

Do any of you collect anything like this?

July 20th, 2016

Hello everybody! This week has been really hot here in Wisconsin.

What that doesn’t tell is how humid it is! Mom really doesn’t like humid weather. I don’t mind it too much, but I spend most of my day inside the house!
That mostly means that when Mom’s not at work, we spend most of our time inside, much to Oliver’s chagrin!

This is as close to sitting outside as Oliver gets! But through the powers of the internet, Mom has been doing some rescuing. We have increased the size of our hug!

Here is one of our first rescues! This is Buchanan. He is a Build-a-Bear Border Collie Kennel Pal. He seems to like being back home. He likes making sure everyone is safe and organized! He thinks that we all should stay in the same room, but so does Oliver, so it works all right. He doesn’t like it too much when Mom takes Foster, Milton, Caleb, and I to work, but he says he trusts Mom to take good care of us!
Have any of you found any new friends? I hope you all have a great week!

June 10th, 2016

Good afternoon, everybody! How are things with you? Everything’s been pretty quiet around my house, which Mom and I think is a good thing.
We’ve been spending a lot of time watching Graham. When Mom’s not at work, and Graham is at our house, it’s Mom’s job to take care of him. She has drafted me as baby guard. I’m not sure what I’m supposed to be guarding against, but it seems to make her happy. It also gets us time to sit outside, so I don’t complain!

Oliver helps me guard Graham too. He doesn’t like it when the baby cries.

He also sleeps a lot, as you can see here! Otherwise, things have been pretty boring around here. The weather has been pretty nice, although it is supposed to be very warm this weekend. Mom took this picture after she was done helping gardening a few days ago.

Have any of you seen the new Alice in Wonderland movie? Mom and I want to see it. We enjoyed the first one. We read some bad reviews, and someone we know didn’t like it. But we wanted other people’s opinions!
Mom bought a new plush friend from work a few days ago. She is a purple unicorn. She hasn’t told us her name yet, but we will talk to her about it and take her picture for next week. I hope you’re all having a good day!

April 22nd, 2016

How is everyone! Spring has finally hit Wisconsin! Today was 60 degrees Fahrenheit! (Which is about 16 degrees Celsius for the rest of the world!) Mom, Oliver, and I sat outside on the porch for an hour or so this afternoon, and then for another half hour this evening.
Yesterday, Mom, Grandma, and Caleb went to Waupaca. It’s about a half hour away from home. They ate at a restaurant that had an outside seating area. Mom took this picture!

How is the weather where you live? Mom and I like sitting outside in the spring. I don’t like the really hot weather, so this is nice.

This is near where Mom’s sister—and Graham live. This is in Berlin, Wisconsin. Isn’t the sky so blue! Mom says that you can tell when winter lasts too long in Wisconsin when we’re impressed with bright, blue skies!
I hope everyone is having a good day!