Pinot's surgery &

our super nice weekend with Toffee's family!!!

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Mom told us that we had an appointment with the vet on Friday evening.

(Momo) "Is anyone going to squeeze my butt again?!?"

(Pinot) "Whaaaaaaat??"

After the technician finished a check-up and a blood test for both of us,

Pinot was asked to stay overnight. :(

(Pinot) "Why am I going to stay here???"

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A few hours after dropping off Pinot, our pawrents called the vet.

They were told that Pinot was relaxing and

no need to worry about.

Next morning, anxious mom called the vet again to see how Pinot was doing.

Eveyone at her work learnt that I was going to be neutered. :D

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Thank you everyone for your good wishes.

An early Friday afternoon, I was neutered (phew!!)

and I took the longest nap at the hospital.

A happy reunion with my pawrents around 9pm on Saturday!!!!! I, Pinot was a half awake when this picture was taken. I don't remember much about that day.

I was happy to be home.

"I am still very VERY sleepy......"

On Sunday afternoon, Momo, mom and dad were about to leave to meet up

with our special friend's pawrents. But I had to stay home. :(

"Don't I look much better today, mom and dad!?!"

Many of you know our friends Toffee and his brudder Riley (Top)

who live in Boston, right?? :)

Their auntie Dasha (bottom) lives very close to us. Isn't she sweet? :)

Toffee and Riley stayed with their grandpawrents near Boston

but we were thrilled to meet up with their pawrents at our nearest park during

their short visit to Toronto.

(Photo from Toffee and Riley's blog.)

"Hellooooooooooo Cinnaspy! Welcome to Toronto!"

Dasha had to stay home but we were exciting to get to meet this little cute guy!

Cinnaspy and I enjoyed a little chitchat and walky. "Are you............ Toffee??"

No no... he is not.

Toffee's mom and dad2b are very VERY good people. :)

We enjoyed talking and taking some pictures on this bootiful afternoon.

Toffee, Riley! You have the bestest pawrents in the world.

We are happy that they are getting married soon!!! How exciting is that?? :) :)

Look at my happy face with Toffee's mom and dad2b.

"Cheeeeeeeeese!"

We had a very very good time with your pawrents!!

Next time, we'll see you..........maybe in Boston! :)

After we said good-by, I saw this huge dog.... oh a police horsey.

"Is he on duty??" Pinot is here. Let me introduce my new friend!

Toffee's mom kindly brought this lobster guy from New England! Mom showed me another toy that Toffee's mom picked up for us.

"Squeeeeky!! My favourite! Thank you!"

I felt much better while resting with my mom and dad on the balcony.

Mom and dad kept talking how enjoyed meeting up with Toffee's pawrents this afternoon.

(Pinot) "I really wanted to see them!"

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I might look funny in this cone head but it has some good things.

First of all, it keeps some privacy while picking up my snack on the floor.Secondly, I have much better hearing.

"Dad, the alien is landing somewhere on the earth!"

Late evening, mom and dad decided to take us out for a short walky.

Then guess what happen???

We ran into Toffee's mom and dad2b!!!!

Correctly, they saw us and jumped out from the car! :)

I, Pinot was SO happy when someone called my name in the darkness.

Mom was so slow and she couldn't figure out who called my name.

(Pinot) "Mom, why don't you put my corn head on! hehehe"

Wow, I finally got to see them in pawson!!

OMD, What a great day!!

Once again, Toffee's mom and dad2b, Thank you very much for your time with us.

You made our day!!! We hope your safe flight back to Boston.

Momo & Pinot/J & R

pee ess: Happy Father's Day!! :)

Bonjouwoof Montreal!!

We packed our meal, treats and toys quickly and headed to this

bootiful town Montreal a week after mom returned from Tokyo.

This is the reason why we haven't visit you for so long. So sorry and we miss you all.

It took about six hours to reach to the destination by drive. We were waiting to check in at The Queen Elizabeth Hotel.

This hotel is one of the dog friendly hotels in town.

There is a suite called John Lennon & Yoko Ono

suite where famous 'Bed-in for Peace' was taken place in 1968.

Then dad gave us a tour. He has lived in Montreal for about

ten years before he moved to Toronto so he was an excellent tour guide. :)

"Sophie Brador??? Where are you?? We walked through the Old Montreal. The old pavement is nice.

This is the all tourists' destination, Jack Cartier Square. This is the Parisian metro entrance. We took a break after the city tour.

Then mom and dad walked to Bell Centre which was

only 5 minutes away from our hotel................. to see

...... this man (AGAIN!)

"Who is HE?!?"

"Ah.... Barry Manilow!". Is he the reason why we're in Montreal?!?

Did they go to NYC and Detroit to see him??"

(BTW, mom has been a "Fanilow" for 216 years! ha ha ha ha ha!)"

Momo & Pinot's Mom is here... "I've been to Montreal but never visited there with their dad.

I've always wanted to explore this town that he used to love."

Dad showed mom the city around after the concert until early morning. This was mom's first time to visit to Mount-Royal in the night.

The view of downtown Montreal from the Kondiaronk Belvedere was gorgeous! Then they stopped at St.Viateur bagel shop to get some REAL Montreal bagels

around 3 in the morning!

Can you believe you can buy REAL bagels 24 hours a day??

This was our mid-night snack. It was so chewy and yummy! :) Next morning........

"Are you going to show us this town again, dad??" Our first stop was Parc Lafontaine.

There are many parks in downtown Montreal and each one is big and bootiful.

While our walky, there weren't many people around. Then we walked many major streets that dad used to enjoy. "Can I try these ice cream??? Mom's ice cream (left) is huge!"

Dad shared his ice cream with us. Mean mom finished hers all by herself!!!

All apartment buildings and parks we saw are very pretty!!!

We decided to try this famous Montreal Smoked Meat at Schwartz's on

Saint-Laurent Boulevard. The restaurant was packed!

We all had the big sandwiches with spicy smoked meat.

"Why no pictures?? Guess why!" :D

Before our departure, we drove through the Old City again. This was the day before the big race, Formula One Ground Prix.

All restaurants and stores had F1 flags and related items. After driving back to Toronto, mom and dad went to see

Barry again at Air Canada Centre!!!!

Mom and dad said he was only 2 meters away from their seats.

They were happy to welcome him in our hometown! :) Our vet will perform the neuter surgery for Pinot on Thursday evening

or Friday morning.

(Pinot) "Wish me luck! I am a big boy, I can handle this."

Momo & Pinot/J & R

Mom is back!

Thank you very much everyone for your kind comments.

She is home and verything is almost back to normal. :)

But last night, instead of helping us to update our blog,

mom and dad went to see a Sex and The City Movie! (Ha!)

Lucky them!

They found out about this premiere a hour and a half before the film begun.

When they rushed to the theatre, they bought two tickets out of very last three of the night.

They were excited to see it with other die hard fans

a day before the official opening day.

This morning mom showed us something that she brought back from Tokyo.

(L) Veggie Rotini for doggies (from Italy........... where did she go?!?)

(R) Doggie wholegrain Biscotti with Spinach flavour (From Italy)

(L) Doggie seafood snack

(R) Beef jerky (marrow bone) - yum! (L) Doggie Milk (lactose free)

(R) Cesar -(Pink) Chicken, Tofu & veggie (blue) Tuna, chicken & veggie

Mom bought these two Cesar like food because she saw Cavalier on the lids. :) "Wan" (means 'woof') Magazine. Mom grabbed this magazine because of

this cavalier on the cover. :) "So... are you going to cook pasta tonight?!?" Congratulations, Karl and Ruis!!!

Today is THE DAY!

They're getting married aboard the starship Voyager and

we'll attend their official wedding reception along with other 50 friends.

Please visit their joint blog or wedding reception blog for more photos!

(photo by Karl & Ruis)

Have a good weekend!

Momo & Pinot/J & R

We'll be a bit quiet for next two weeks!

First of all, thank you all for your good wishes on our dad's barkday.

Mom and dad were out for dinner until midnight and they seemed

to have a great time. :)

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Today we wanted to let you all our friends know that

The chef editor, mom, will abandon us for about two weeks.

(Mom... I'll have a short visit to Tokyo for 12 days.)

We'll be definitely back and say hello when she comes back. :)

Please PLEASE don't forget us!!!!

This photo was taken by dad.

Momo & Pinot/J & R

Retro Pinot

Dad photoshopped the other day and this is what he created.

Shall we call 'Retro Pinot??"

Mom really likes this image and this is her wall paper on her pc.

Today, May 12th is dad's barkday!!!

Happy Barkday, Dad!!!

Momo & Pinot/J & R

Memoir meme!

We have been tagged by Candi and Stanislaw to take part in the memoir meme.

Here are the rules:

1. Post a 6-word memoir on your blog and include visuals if you'd like.

2. Link to the blog and dog who tagged you, ideally to their original memoir post.

3. Tag at least 5 more pups with blogs, link to them, and leave them a comment with an invitation to play.

4. Have fun! Wooof!

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Momo picks first three.

1: Sleep in and/or take a nap (I am The Professional Sleeper!)

2. Eat (I am The Professional Eater!)

3: Relax (Stress is a big No No for doggies' life!)

(Pinot) "I don't need to relax for so long. I am going and play..."

(Momo) "I have a stress free life!" :)

Pinot's three picks.

1: Play (You gotta have a fun!")

2: Energy (This is called Puppy Power! Yay!)

3: Chew (I am the master of chewing.)

Here's our pick!

Happy :) :)

It looks like all of our friends have been tagged this game.

so this time we won't pass this game onto anybody else.

Hope everyone is having a good weekend!

Momo & Pinot/J & R

The Cruise!

Spring has arrived to Toronto but it's been a bit chilly.

So we left our hooomans there and flied over to Mississippi. We met up with our friends

at Socks, Charybdis and Scylla's place

for a garden pawty.

(Photo by Momo-kitty & Karl)

While sissies were busy to get caught up, I Pinot found a huge stick and

tried to chew it up! :)

The stick is GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOD! :) Our friend Charlie in Sydney, Australia invited 17 of us,

Sassy, Momo-kitty, Opus &Roscoe, Karl, Emil, Mrs Oz, Ruis ,Charlotte ,Asta,

Socks, Charybdis, Scylla and Rusty(from Jan's Funny Farm) to go on a cruise.

This picture was taken when we all headed into the bay of Mexico!

Look at Scylla! She was trying to catch a seagull.

(Photo9 by Momo-kitty & Sassy)

We all enjoyed boarding on Hijinx boat. Our new friends Maggy and Zoey are waiting for us at the pier

with lots of lots of goodies...

(Photo by the Zoolatry)We'll visit more friends later this afternoon.

Momo & Pinot/J & R