This weekend I was able to visit my friends at the animal shelter. I met the cats and their kittens. They found a certain interest in my shoe strings. They would pounce on them and make sure my shoes did not leave the room. Mum says I need to tie my shoes better. I guess she's right since my shoe strings got mauled.
I met a husky at the shelter named Rascal. He was a nice old... well, rascal. The only thing was Rascal looked so sad. You could easily tell Rascal did not enjoy life at the shelter. I tried to cheer him up with a dog biscuit. He took it and put it on his dog bed. I felt better when he did eat another treat I gave him. He would be a great addition to a family to live where it is much more quiet. I hope a good family adopts him, someone has already paid his adoption fee. Speaking of sled dogs, mum found an old video of Hoover when he was a young pup. If you watch the video, you will have a hard time figuring out who he is because he has 11 siblings. I'm glad there were lots of volunteers to help the pups grow up to be big strong healthy dogs. Once again, we got Hoover from the Illinois Alaskan Malamute Rescue Association . Don't forget, Northern Lights Sled Dog Rescue has some great dogs looking for a home, too. In the first video you will see the pups getting very messy eating a meal from a large pan. We think we spotted Hoover, he had milk on his head. He was a big eater then and he is an even bigger eater now.
In the second video, the puppies are a little older and curious about the world. I'm glad I got to see Hoover in his sausage stage.
I'm happy to report my fort is still standing from Friday. Hoover has been too busy outside to come destroy it. I'd like to wish all of you a Happy Thanksgiving! Eat lots of good turkey!
I am doing a project at school. We had the choice of choosing a Native American tribe of North America to do a topic on. I picked the Aztecs and focused on religion. I made a Codex, a symbol, and a Lego temple about the Aztecs. I hope this project will be as successful as my other projects.
In Indiana, today our tornado sirens went off a couple of times. The weather was very stormy and some towns were deeply affected. Fortunately, the storms didn't hit us hard. They say dogs can sense storms, yet our sled dogs slept through it all. Hoover wanted to stay outside but we made him come in when the sirens started. At least they were weren't yowling and panicking.
Speaking of yowling, that's what my new recorder does. I received my recorder and the dogs don't like it. The second they heard it, all of them fled to other rooms. However, the dogs are getting used to the screaching. We shouldn't forget about the other sled dogs at Northern Lights. Visit Northern Lights and learn about some sweet adoptable dogs. If you especially love sled dogs, then you can help support them by buying a calendar. I know I will. Northern Lights Sled Dog Rescue
This week was ruled by soccer and the "West Side Story." I had a tournament in Evansville with my ODP team. The ODP team is made up of kids from all over the state. We had a game at 11:30 in the morning. On the drive down my dad put in the "West Side Story" to get motivated. It did not work. Our team lost 1-3. The team did well for never playing with each other. The next game we were successful and won. We won 9 - 0.That was the end of soccer for the day. So, Mum and I spent the night in Evansville and Dad went home to check on the dogs. They had a lot of time to themselves on Saturday. Fortunately, there were no surprises when dad got home. On Sunday, we had a game at 7:30 in the morning! I'm glad we spent the night or we would have had to get up aroung 4:00, if we were to going to make our next game. Our last game was a lost to a team called King's Hammer from Kentucky. It was a shutout, 10-0. They were a year older but we still have a lot of work to do. Because we weren't playing in the championship, I got to go for a BIG breakfast.
Hoover is now working on getting his winter coat to grow. It seems like the only time we see him is at dinner and bedtime. He loves being outside now. His coat is feeling nice and soft. I'll keep you updated on how big he gets.
I had a blast trick-or-treating or should I say, "E=mc2." I had an enjoyable time getting candy with my friends. I was the glorious Albert Einstein, the man who won a Nobel Prize. I had to shave when my mustache started flopping everywhere. We walked in my friend's neighborhood and got loads of candy. I'm glad to announce no one gave us a toothbrush this year. I already have two. The dogs had a good experience greeting their first trick-or-treaters. We use to live in the country and never had anyone come to our house. Hoover loved going to the door to see the kids. He got lots of attention. Lizzie waited at the door but always shied away when someone came. Nikita even lumbered over to the door a couple of times. Hoover was exhausted at the end of the night. The next day (which was Saturday) we had a game against Westside. This was the team we lost 9-0. I must say, we did considerably better than the last game. Cutters lost the game, 5-4. The good thing is it was exciting. I had a goal and two other shots on goal. The whole team did well, yet I need to work on blocking balls. On a free kick I ducked instead of letting the ball hit me. Of course I was the only person in the wall trying to block the shot. Hoover and Lizzie got to test their stake out skills this weekend. They've been looking up a lot lately. They would really like to get to know the squirrels in our trees. Yet, they were foiled again. This was the end of the soccer season which makes me sad. Yet, an even more exciting event will come if you stay tuned.
