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Resetting Naughty Nice List
With Christmas 2016 now in our rearview mirror, Typhoon asked the perfect legal loophole question – are we resetting naughty nice list?
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Post-Christmas Morning Naptime
Every household with youngsters knows that the kids get up way too early and with too much energy, leading to the post-Christmas morning naptime. Landon and Typhoon were both up early Christmas morning, much to Hu-Dad’s regret (who thought he might catch a little extra sleep time). Our weather is decidedly un-Christmaslike (sunny and warm…
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Landon’s Santa Claus Letter for Christmas
Merry Christmas to all of our readers! As is the rule in so many households, the youngest gets to go last, so today we present Landon’s Santa Claus letter. Dear Santa, Some of our readers have been wondering why my letter was not shared until Christmas Day. After all, how are you supposed to grant…
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Typhoon’s Santa Claus Letter For Christmas
Christmas Eve. The Big Guy comes tonight! And so we share Typhoon’s Santa Claus letter leaving just one more to share tomorrow. Dear Santa Claus, Let’s talk naughty and nice. My job is to keep Hu-Dad entertained. Boy, is he entertained. So that means I am doing my job and on the nice list. Case…
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Frankie’s Santa Claus Letter for Christmas
Christmas is only two days away, so we are sharing our Christmas wish lists with Mr. Claus. Today? Frankie’s Santa Claus letter. Dear Santa Claus, Yes, this is the good one. Mr. Well Behaved. Mr. Comes When Called. Mr. Going To Have His Siberian Husky Union Card Revoked. To show how good I am, my…
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Cheoah’s Santa Claus Letter For Christmas
Christmas is right around the corner so we are sharing our missives to Mr. Claus with our wish list. Today, we share Cheoah’s Santa Claus letter. Dear Santa Claus, Can we discuss this naughty or nice thing? You see, Hu-Dad says I am an instigator. He thinks I entice my brothers – particularly the two…
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Qannik’s Santa Claus Letter For Christmas
With Christmas this weekend, we are each writing to Mr. Claus with our wish list. Today, we share Qannik’s Santa Claus letter. Dear Santa Claus, Let me start out by making sure you ignore Kiska’s request to bring me a brain. She means well, but I have one. And it is almost like new! I…
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Kiska’s Santa Claus Letter For Christmas
With Christmas rapidly approaching, we wanted to make sure that Mr. Claus knew what we wanted. We start off with Kiska’s Santa Claus letter. Dear Santa Claus, First, I would like to apologize for that little incident last year when I yelled at you and the reindeer. You see, as the Chief of Security, is…
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Foggy Nights – A Reason To Be Inside
Heavy moisture and cooler temperatures wrapped clouds around our house creating a weekend of foggy nights – and a desire to be indoors. After a weekend of rain, the temperatures dropped Sunday afternoon. The clouds settled over the top of our mountain. The fog was so thick that we could barely see a few feet…
Read Today's Herd StoryUnfair Pizza Night Distraction
We had a cool, rainy, foggy Saturday night, so Hu-Dad had the bright idea to declare it pizza night. Great, until things became unfair. The weather was simply nasty – rainy, foggy, nasty. It wasn’t cold enough to create snow, but still just that yucky winter weather day. So, Hu-Dad decided to get pizza from…
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Little Brother Shadows Big Brother
Big brother Frankie wanted a quiet nap under the Tree of Life, but his newest little brother shadows his every step around Chez Herd. We knew that pack dynamics would change with the loss of Queen Natasha and the addition of Landon. Frankie’s role has changed more than anyone else. With Kiska and Qannik quite…
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Boom Boom Around The House
Landon’s endless energy reservoir doesn’t shut off just because he is inside. Boom Boom just races around the house – as shown in this Film Friday. The house is still very new and exciting to Landon, so he bursts around the house inspecting every corner. Fortunately, his destructiveness is focused on only a couple of items,…
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