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Category: Holidays

Those random days off throughout the year

James 12th Birthday Portraits

Posted on April 14, 2022April 13, 2022 by Sandra

After James ate some cupcake he posed for some birthday portraits to celebrate turning 12 years old. This one is my favorite. He has his sweet old man face in this photo: The cherry blossoms are blooming here to celebrate James’ birthday: The Virginia Bluebells are also blooming:

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Happy 12th Birthday James!

Posted on April 13, 2022April 13, 2022 by Sandra

James is 12 years old today! We went out to take some portraits and to let him have a little bit of his birthday cupcake. We will play frisbee on our breaks today, too!

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James the Poodle – More Birthday Week Memories

Posted on April 12, 2022April 11, 2022 by Sandra

We are celebrating James the Poodle turning 12 this week and I found some old photos from his 7th birthday celebrations that we never posted. We went on three little road trips not far from Washington, DC. Our first trip was up to Lake Linganore near Frederick, Maryland. Lake Linganore has trails and boardwalks all…

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James the Poodle – Birthday Week Memories

Posted on April 11, 2022April 11, 2022 by Sandra

James has a big birthday this week – he is turning 12! I am going through old photos and I realized I never posted any of his birthday photos from 2017. The wisteria is blooming! The tulips are also blooming: I love this series of birthday portraits. 7 years old seems so long ago! This…

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Halloween 2021

Posted on November 10, 2021January 23, 2022 by Sandra

Halloween was definitely a little busier with houses handing out candy this year! We decided to dress James up in his pumpkin costume and walk around the neighborhood.

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Happy 11th Birthday James!

Posted on April 13, 2021April 13, 2021 by Sandra

It is hard to believe little Poodle James was born 11 years ago! What do you think of his fedora hat?

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Halloween 2020 – An Excuse to Wear a Funky Dress

Posted on November 4, 2020November 4, 2020 by Sandra

My rainbow leopard dress matches James’ Halloween hat perfectly! So I decided to tuck up and stitch the floor length dress to make it look more like a circus ringmaster. If only I had a cane and a top hat! Happy James: What do you think of my dress? I think it is fun and…

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Happy Halloween 2020

Posted on November 3, 2020November 3, 2020 by Sandra

I wasn’t going to dress James up in a costume this year for Halloween since we knew kids really weren’t going to be trick-or-treating because of Covid. But I was at Target and I saw this cute sequined hat for dogs and I had to get it for James! He wore it for a few…

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Birthday Portraits – James is 10

Posted on April 16, 2020April 16, 2020 by Sandra

We took some portraits of James on Monday celebrating James’ 10th birthday! I was surprised his tongue wasn’t completely hanging out of his mouth in the portraits because he played with a lot of friends along his walk to Old 4th Ward Park for these photos! Spring is here in Atlanta and the trees have…

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Happy 10th Birthday James!

Posted on April 13, 2020April 13, 2020 by Sandra

Today is Monday April 13, 2020 and it is James the Poodle’s 10th birthday! Last year, James was really sick on his birthday. Thankfully James is doing great one year later. But this year is a little, odd, too. We are in the middle of a global pandemic and we are under ‘stay at home’…

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Happy Valentine’s Day 2020

Posted on February 14, 2020February 14, 2020 by Sandra

I hope you are having a great Valentine’s Day! James the Poodle has been wearing his heart bandana. I took some portraits of James for his Instagram fans and I also had some cards printed. James has a few friends that send us mail throughout the year with cards and photos and it is so…

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Valentine’s Dog Blanket with Poodles

Posted on February 12, 2020February 11, 2020 by Sandra

Right after the new year, we were in Dallas, Texas. I always love *wandering* around Walmart (something I learned from my Grandma – funny I was always in a hurry when I was a teen shopping with her but now I know why she loved wandering Walmart! It is always full of fun surprises!) In…

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Birthday Gifts

Posted on February 1, 2020February 1, 2020 by Sandra

I celebrated my birthday this week and Chris asked me what I wanted. I told him I wanted a balloon! I love seeing all of the fun balloons at the grocery store near the checkouts. Chris found a pretty balloon with flowers that said Happy Birthday and he also brought me some tulips! They are…

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Thanksgiving 2019

Posted on November 29, 2019November 28, 2019 by Sandra

We had a great Thanksgiving day! We took James to the dog park and we had an awesome Thanksgiving buffet dinner.

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Happy Thanksgiving 2019

Posted on November 28, 2019November 27, 2019 by Sandra

I found some cute fabric at Walmart so I made James a new Thanksgiving bandana this year. It has turkeys and pumpkins on it and it says “Gobble” all over it and I thought that was so cute! We are heading to a buffet for Thanksgiving dinner. We haven’t done that since we lived in…

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Christmas Dog Garland

Posted on November 6, 2019November 4, 2019 by Sandra

My friend Jen told me about this Christmas garland at Michael’s with Poodles on it. Of course, I had to go look at it. The garland has 7 dogs featured and the white Poodle is in the middle. The 6 foot garland at Michaels is $20 but if you go during a sale, it is…

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Rabbit Halloween Costume for James

Posted on November 1, 2019October 31, 2019 by Sandra

James has a pumpkin costume and a few other fun costumes he wears during his therapy dog work. But when I saw this Playboy Bunny costume in the store the other day I knew I had to get it for James. The ears had pink sequins but turned around, they were white. And the pink…

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Happy Halloween 2019

Posted on October 31, 2019October 27, 2019 by Sandra

We will probably have a quiet Halloween today. But if that changes, I will let you know! Remember last year, when we were in Germany, and we were caught without candy? We got toilet-papered! Here are some photos we took the other day of James with his Halloween bandana. The leaves are changing and it…

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Independence Day 2019

Posted on July 4, 2019November 13, 2019 by Sandra

Happy 4th of July! We are celebrating with friends today and we will post more of those adventures later. I realized we never posted this photo of James from Independence Day 2017 when we lived in Georgetown, Washington, DC. We lived right next to the Dodge Mansion and the owner always decorated his house for…

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James 9th Birthday Portraits

Posted on June 13, 2019June 11, 2019 by Sandra

Back in April, James celebrated his 9th birthday. James was quite sick on his birthday so we didn’t take any official birthday portraits until the end of May. James is doing much better and he looks great! Not all storms come to disrupt your life. Some come to clear your path.

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