I'm FOUR!

Today is my Birthday . Hooray! I am officially four years old! “Happy Birthday to me, Happy Birthday to me…"

What a great day I had. Check it out…

Here I am, all kitted out and ready for the festivities. I am the ‘Birthday King’! I wonder what my humans have planned for me...

Aroooo...roooo...roooo! We’re having a barbecue!

Dad is the chef. I wonder what he’s cooking?

My favourites. Sausages and chicken.

What's this?

Wow! It’s a beer for dogs! Just like Dad’s.

Dad was over the moon. He thought he had a new drinking pal!

Urgh! I’m not drinking that stuff!

Anyway, the barbecue was coming along fine.

Eventually, I got my first helping...

...it was finished within seconds.

Luckily, Dad had more food on the go.

I was soon on to my fifth helping. By this time, I had lost my Birthday hat...

...but I certainly hadn’t lost my apetite.

Unfortunately, the barbecue couldn’t last forever and Missus said that we had to go back inside.

However, there were more surprises in store for me...

...ta da! My very own Birthday cake. Missus had baked it in a heart shape, covered it with yogurt and added bacon sprinkles. Drool...

...that wasn’t all. Look at the wonderfully wrapped presents my humans had got for me.






Here I am with my prezzies, cake and beer.

Didn’t I do well?

Finally, the best part of the day. A piece of birthday cake for me.

OK folks, time to eat... Bye!

The Barbecue

I’m really loving the long summer days here in Rotterdam.

Only yesterday, I was sitting in the garden, enjoying nature and day-dreaming about my favourite subject...

Suddenly, my dreams came true. The sweet smell of a barbecue came wafting through the air. Although my humans had the cheek to cook some food for themselves, there was still plenty of space for my favourite: barbecued chicken.

Grandma volunteered to be the chef for the evening.

I couldn’t wait to get stuck in...

...finally, the first course of many. What a wonderful evening!

Grandma is Back!

Remember when I was staying in China and my grandma from England came over to visit me? Well, recently she came over to the Netherlands to see me, Missus and Dad. We had some great times together...

This is me with my Grandma.

Here we are during one of our many walks together.

Grandma thought it would be a good idea for us to go and feed the birds...

...here she is. Just like Dad (remember his pal, Wally?), she was very popular with the geese.

Soon grandma was explaining to me everything I needed to know about geese.

Pretty soon, she’d forgotten about me altogether just to be with those pesky birds. Hmmph!

Anyway, Grandma didn’t just spend all of her time with me. While she was visiting, she went on a few excursions with my humans...

This is Grandma wearing traditional Dutch clogs. (I think they’re too big for her!).

And here she is on a boat cruise down the river Maas in Rotterdam.

Here she is in Delft...

...and finally, this is Missus, Grandma and Dad in Bruges, Belgium.