Sunday, March 16, 2014

Charlie's Birthday Weekend


My little boy turned three on the 14th! I've been spoiling him all weekend, kicking off the celebrations with a lunchtime Poochini from Shake Shack on Friday.  (The walk there and back covered three and a half miles, so our exertions in the afternoon sun plus the sweet treat resulted in a very tired pup and guaranteed me a few quiet hours to work on Monday's blog post!)  We spent yesterday with my parents in the suburbs - at our country house, I like to say - and Dad and I took Charlie for a glorious ramble through Rock Creek Park.  The mercury reached nearly 70° and there wasn't a cloud in the sky so, though everything was still quite brown, it felt like spring!  We ran into a few other Labs at a pebbled sandbank in the creek, and Charlie had a blast swimming, wrestling, and racing around with them.  He was the happiest dog!










Today has been full of cuddles as the temperature has dropped and we've begun to prepare for more snow.  It's been a wonderful birthday weekend, if I do say so myself, and I think Charlie would agree!

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19 comments:

  1. So many labs! That looks like such a fun weekend. Charlie is a lucky pup!

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  2. Happy Birthday Charlie, you had an awesome weekend, your mom is the most labulous! I love her blogs!

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  3. Happy Birthday to my dear nephew-in-dog!

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  4. Happy birthday, Charlie!!

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  5. Happy birthday Charlie! I bet you thoroughly spoilt him!

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  6. Wow, he only seems to be keeping still in the first and last photo - in between it's go go go! What a great birthday! :)

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  7. happy birthday charlie! looks like he had a blast! xo jillian - cornflake dreams

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  8. Happy birthday, Charlie! I bet he is having a blast enjoying today's snow.

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  9. Hey, it looks as though Charlie had an awesome time. :) Happy birthday to him!

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  10. Hey Betsy - I stumbled across the interweb to your blog today and look forward to reading more! Happy birthday to Charlie. Looks like he had a fabulous weekend.

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  11. As you know, I'm not so much a pet person. Or... animal person in general. (I know I'm a terrible person.) BUT seeing pictures like this make me rethink my entire outlook. He's just the cutest! Happy birthday, Charlie :)

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  12. This is so cute! He looks so happy! :)

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  13. What a sweet pup! So glad that he got to enjoy that little snack and romping around like I know he loves to do.

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  14. We used to have two labs and they loved to swim. It was so fun watching them.
    Looks like your guy had a GREAT weekend!! Your a good Momma!!!

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  15. Oh boy! That looks like the BEST birthday weekend! I only wish Fifty could have been in that creek with him ;) Happy (belated) birthday wishes to Charlie!

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