Day 33 (Updated)

Capella enjoys playing with her puppies — it looks scary but it is all gentle 🩷

Sapphire: My, what big teeth you have!

Don’t mess with Star Garnet!

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Star Garnet.

I love this photo of Sapphire (with Jasper).

After playing outside, it was naps and lazy chewing on the deck 💙 This is Topaz.

Jasper.

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(later)

They run. They scamper. They bark. They bite toes. And to think that five weeks ago they were not even born!

Star Garnet, Topaz, and Jasper

Star Garnet

Sapphire doing a play bow!

Also Sapphire — a bit confused about where the crown goes.

Living with the puppies means I get to observe so much, and that helps me form opinions about them. Today I watched Topaz try to get up the slide — over and over. He kept getting so close, only to slide back. He was undaunted. It was quite impressive to see him keep trying until he made it to the top — I might have cheered for him 🏆

Grit is a good quality in a puppy — and a human.

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Day 32 (updated)

Yesterday my brand new dryer stopped working 😬

Topaz

X-pens are so handy for drying stuff — and better no dryer than no washer. (Look at me bright siding!!).

The puppies are very interested in playing tug — this is Sapphire.

A special friend of Jasper is having surgery today — we send love, healing thoughts, and extra Jasper pics this morning.

Jasper

Jasper on the slide

Jasper getting sleepy

That look when your sister is biting your paw.

Jasper

I hope Star Garnet maintains this unusually early face focus — obedience ring, here we come!

And she plays tug — excellent!

Eventually Jasper does slow down — and then it looks like this 💙

Happy Sunday 🩷💙💙💙

(later)

The outside yard is finally set up and we all enjoyed some time out there before it got too hot. This is Sapphire.

Topaz.

Jasper.

Sapphire.

Star Garnet and Sapphire.

Sapphire.

The kids left this evening — they had so much fun with the puppies and really are such great puppy socializers.

And now we recover from three full days of activity — whew. 😰

I hope your weekend was amazing!

Day 31 (Updated)

We all survived Day One of Camp Puppy, although the house does look as if a bomb went off. And speaking of bombs — Holy Loud Fireworks last night. I considered letting the kids run and scream at 5:30 am but if being rude and inconsiderate and selfish is wrong, it is always wrong.

Darn it.

This is from the other day when long-suffering Logan was here to take down the whelping box 😂

Topaz and Sapphire.

Topaz sleeping on Capella 💙

Capella and Star Garnet.

Star Garnet watching Lincoln move some rocks around.

And then back inside to the new stuff.

Sapphire.

Today is a fun day of visitors and hopefully getting the outside yard done 🍀

Happy Saturday!

(Later)

The Graffunders came to visit the Gems.

Sapphire demonstrating an excellent recall!

Thanks to the Graffunders for their visit ❤️

We did not quite get the outside puppy yard done but the Gems still spent a good amount of time outside today.

Sapphire even got to swing.

This evening I set up the new splash pad.

I bought it for the puppies but they kindly let the kids play in it as well.

Topaz was first in the pool — no hesitation at all. He just walked right in.

They all tested it out to some degree.

It was a lot of fun for puppies and kids.

Jasper

Jasper made sure to tell rePete all about it.

Another magical day with the Gems.

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