A Chewy Knuckle

chewy.comWhen Chewy.com sent me the King size Blue Buffalo Wilderness Wild Chews Knuckle I was immediately impressed with this thing. It was huge. Larger than my fist. It came at a perfect time too. Clark, my boxer is significantly more active than Miss Lady my terrier mix. In my previous post I mentioned that our air conditioner went out and we had to have some gentlemen over to replace it. Clark loves to bark at strangers. It’s a good thing but can be very annoying when you have people coming in and out of the house.

IMG_4346We put Clark in his kennel along with the Knuckle. I did not hear a peep from Clark the entire time he was in there. All you could hear was him going to town on this bone. The Knuckle is highly recommended for keeping your dog busy when you need to get some stuff done. The best part about this product is that it lasted longer than a day. Both dogs enjoyed chewing on the Wilderness Knuckle for about a week.

The Knuckle itself is a beef bone with natural flavor. The packaging says Long Lasting Dog Chew and I have to say again that is definitely the case. This will be making the list of items to get for my doggies when it is time to pick up their treats!

Watch Clark go to town on his new bone!

Chewy.com provided St. Louis Dad with these products as compensation in exchange for an honest review. Please visit Chewy.com for more toys, treats, and other items needed for your pets!

Slumber Parties, Interviews, and Dark Blue Pools

slumber party nightI would have posted this on Monday but I needed a few days to recover from this past weekend. It was definitely a fun and busy weekend. We had so much to do and so little time to get it all done, but we did and we did it in style!

A little backstory. Last week our air conditioner was starting to go out. So we decided to get it replaced. It was time for it to happen anyways. We set up the install for Friday since this summer I have been working enough to be able to have Friday’s off. This worked out because Destiny ended up having to work that day anyways and it was nice to be able to spend the day with the kids. Except it got a little warm inside while the A/C guys were busy installing our new system. But that is okay, we survived and played with toys while we waited for the install to get done.

Another important agenda item I had scheduled for Friday was an interview with St. Louis Magazine. I was contacted early last week and was asked if I would like to be interviewed for an article in their fall family issue. I was really excited and nervous at the same time. I have never had any sort of recognition in this degree before. So as I was getting Alex laid down for his nap it was about 15 minutes from when this interview was suppose to begin. Alex fell asleep pretty quickly and I was thinking this was going to go smoother than I had planned. Fast forward to two minutes before the interview is set to begin and there is a loud noise from the A/C installers, which woke Alex up from his less than 15 minute nap. He was up, like wide awake up, and there was no laying him back down. So on with the interview I went. It actually wasn’t that bad. Alex and Abby were both well behaved while I was on the phone and I only had to pause once to get Alex a drink. So with the interview done and the A/C guys just about finished, it was about time to plan the evening.

remmi bday partyAbby and Alex’s cousin (2nd cousin to be precise) was in town and it is always a good time when they get together. So I sent over a few messages and within a few minutes a slumber party was set with four little girls and the Alex monster. Abby and her cousins, Madi, Riley, and Remmi all had a blast hanging out together. They played house, barbies, play-doh, and even got a chance to do some DJing on my Hercules console. It was a little exhausting watching and listening to them all having so much fun. The next morning I made some Olaf waffles and some crispy bacon. The girls ate it up and then continued their playtime. Their parents would arrive before lunch and after that our house was relatively quiet again. It was a lot of fun having all of the kids over. Hopefully these kids are making memories like us adults and they will keep with them for a long time.

Sunday we had Remmi’s 3rd birthday party to attend. The morning was kind of rainy so we weren’t exactly sure how well swimming and the bounce house would hold up. We brought our swim wear anyway and it cleared up enough for the ground to dry so things were back in motion. The pool was dyed a dark blue to help bring warmth to the water. I’m not saying it didn’t work, I’m just saying the pool was a little cooler, but then again it was raining most of the morning. The dark dye was cool and eerie at the same time. You could see just a few inches below the water line and your feet were gone into the abyss. I did not get a good picture of this pool, but believe me it was kind of freaky.

How was your weekend? Tell me about it in the comments!

Sportsmanship in Cincinnati

2015_asg_logo_cin_banner_500x283Last night I sat down with my daughter to watch the All Star Game being played in the Great American Ballpark in Cincinnati, Ohio. At four years old she is still trying to learn about baseball. We all know there are many colors when it comes to all of the teams in the Major League, but to her it’s as simple as the red team and blue team. Sometimes she might start acting goofy and say “Go blue!” Which I assume she is talking about the St. Louis Blues…

As mentioned in other posts our family is all about the Cardinals, so when it came time to cheer on our birds all we could hear from the T.V. was people booing. This was a little shocking as I had to explain to my daughter why they were booing. I explained the rivalry between the Cardinals and the Reds to her, and how sometimes it’s okay to boo at opposing teams… However, this was the All Star Game, where the best of the best come to play for the chance to get home field advantage for the World Series. You can see players from different teams chumming it up and having a good time celebrating this mid-summer classic. So why did the fans have to throw sportsmanship out the window and boo the Cardinals? Because of some rivalry? I am totally okay with being booed during a regular season game, or during the playoffs, but during the All Star Game seemed a little cheap to me. Maybe I expected a good game with good sportsmanship. Whatever it is I thought would have happened, didn’t. Either way keep it classy Cincinnati. St. Louis still loves you.

Check out the video below courtesy of Fox Sports to see Molina being booed.

Even former Cardinal, Albert Pujols joined in on the booing. His participation was more in good fun rather than being a meanie.

What do you think about the booing during the All Star Game? Comment below!