First Birthday's

My parents still talk about my first birthday. And we were not a big birthday family. But because of this I have always felt that a first birthday is something to be celebrated in a special way. I realize that no one year old will ever remember the actual day but they will remember the stories over the years, which probably get better with time anyway.

My dog's first birthday is May 13th. Since I totally messed up Taz's birthday (I was a single mom, ok...) and always say he's about 4...or 6...or 8....I decided to do it right with Manny and have a party so I would always remember his first birthday and hopefully be better about tracking his age through the years. This may sound crazy...birthday party for the dog...but he is part of our family and since my very favorite fun run in Seattle for dogs is June 7th, I thought that would be the perfect day for a birthday party. Colleen and I did the Furry 5k years ago, before either of us knew the neighborhood and spend hours after looking for our car. This time will be much better! Walk a few miles, find the car, go eat cake with the crazy dog lady! :)

I hope Manny enjoy's his birthday party...if there are other dogs there I guarantee he will.....

Candid Pics by Google

So I was searching for homes on redfin for fun and went to the street view of our neighbor's house, then zoomed up to our house and found TJ and Manny out for a walk. Not knowing the site was connected to Google Street Views, I then went there and typed in my address and found them again in the picture of our house! Pretty cool...but also a warning to all since you never know if/when Google will capture you unexpectedly at your house!

No Easter Egg Hunt for Manny

I was reading the "Pet Gazette" that I picked up from Manny's Daycare and they had an ad for a dog Easter Egg Hunt in Snohomish this weekend. I thought, what a great idea, there must be one in Seattle this weekend that I can take Manny to. Unfortunately all I was able to find was one already past at Marymoore on March 22nd. Who has an Easter Egg Hunt a month prior? I guess Colleen's blog entry awhile ago on McKenzie practicing to find eggs should have triggered me to start looking and we would have made it to this one!