Happy B-Day, B-Man!
It’s hard to believe it, but our little Burgermeister is six years old now (as of Sept 27th that is). Seems like just yesterday this little 2lb patty joined our family.
And as has been the tradition around here, like when he turned two, four and five (not sure if we blogged about the others) we treated him to a little “cake” from Three Dog Barkery. Well, and of course we had to sing Happy Birthday too…
You can see in the video above that we learned our lesson from last year that Clara was mighty interested in Burger’s treat, which is why we were armed with a treat for her. Why Sherry decided that should be a round of cheese shoved onto a popsicle stick I’ll never know…
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“Cheese Popsicle!” That made my morning! Happy Birthday, Burger!
ha! Clara’s face while eating the cheesesicle is priceless. sort of like “uh…what is this???”
Happy Birthday Burger!!
(ps. can’t wait to see you guys when you visit Boston!!)
Happy birthday to Burger!!
I do the same thing for my 2 dacshunds, Amos and Rowdy. They both get a cupcake and a new toy!!!
“I want another treat too” says the little baby who was expecting a cookie and instead got a block ‘o cheese on a stick :). Too funny!!
I want another treat too; so cute!
“I want another treat too!” Sounds like someone was a little disappointed. Ha ha! ;)
Hahah!
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Hahaha, Clara gives this look that has “whaaaaattt?” written all over it when you told her what her treat was. Too funny! Happy birthday, Burger!
Too funny! I love Clara’s expression, and how she kicked Burger’s treat out of her path.
Happy Birthday Burger! Today is my bday, so we’re both Libras…no wonder you’re awesome ;-)
happy birthday to u…
How incredibly cute! Although I chuckled at John’s “round of cheese shoved onto a popsicle stick” comment, I have to admit that a cheese popsicle would make me a pretty happy camper!
Happy Belated Birthday Burger!
My first furbaby’s birthday is tomorrow – he’ll be 6 too. It’s hard to imagine, time flies.
The look on Clara’s face when she bit into the cheese lolly pop – priceless. Is it wrong that I want to try that switch-a-roo on my little man to see his reaction? ;-)
Who knows – a healthy lolly pop….she should start marketing those babies!
Hahahah!
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Hahaha! Clara looks as confused as John sounds about the ‘cheese popsicle’!
Clara’s face is priceless!
Lol. Claras reaction is amazing…there was a video on Americas Funniest Home videos once where a dad gave his little girl (around age three) a radish and told her it was just a tiny apple….she was so excited and popped it in her mouth and started chewing and she suddenly just stops moving and chewing all together and the next 20 seconds of video is her face just stuck in a very confused expression. Lol.
Hahahaha!
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Haha- that reminds me of something I did to my little brother when I was five and he was two. I had made mudpies (you can guess where this is going), complete with mini acorns for “chocolate chips”. The mudpies had finished baking in the sun and I enticed him over, saying, “Here, Ben, have a chocolate chip cookie”. He took a huge bite and just sort of stood there with his mouth full of dirt with a really confused expression on his face until my mom came over to see what was going on and told him to spit it out! What a good big sister I was. :D
Clara’s face! You know she was thinking “uh…Burger got a cupcake and I got cheese on a stick?!?!”
Hahaha. LOVE the “it’s a cheese popsicle” with Sherry holding back giggles from behind the camera. Clara is less-than pleased.
This video is priceless!
Hahaha! “Clara, do you know what that is? It’s a cheese popsicle!” . Clara looks at it like “Mom, where’s my cake weirdo”?! John says “Isn’t that weird”? Priceless! Weird but priceless.
Happy birthday to burger!!
Our pup turned 4 recently… he got a dogsters ice cream & lunch meat squirrels. Lucky little dude. Here’s his birthday photo: http://instagr.am/p/OFXKC8roat/
So cute!!
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Is she fake singing happy birthday? Amazing. =)
Haha- she totally lip-synched it.
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My dog would have wanted Clara’s cheese pop more than the treat. Cheese is her #1 love.
Aww Burger! So sweet! I love how excited he was wagging his tail and stuff then snatch and run when his treat was potentially in jeopardy.
Cheese on a stick!
More foods should come on a stick methinks.
They HAVE already started to market “cheese on a stick”, at least here in Germany!
https://www.google.de/search?q=k%C3%A4se+am+stiel&hl=de&rlz=1C1MDNA_deDE440DE440&biw=1024&bih=717&prmd=imvnse&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=ypptUMP7OZDMtAa9x4GACQ&ved=0CCAQsAQ
Hahah! No way!
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I can’t stop laughing. Clara is looking at that cheese and then looking at you like, “Are you really going to just give me cheese?” Too cute!
I love Burger’s face. It’s like he’s thinking “could you please just stop singing already and give me my treat?!” And Clara looked adorably confused by her cheese-sicle.
I love how John says, “Isn’t that weird” in regards to the cheese popsicle!
Wow, I just watched last years video and it’s amazing what a little lady Clara already became! And brave – at least she tried the popsicle without knowing what it is :)
I, for one, believe Sherry is a culinary GENIUS. Cheese on a stick. It’s all good!
Haha, thanks Stewart!
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I am seriously crying from laughing so hard at Clara’s response! Reminds me of the video of my husband (as a child) receiving socks and pencils at a Christmas gift…utter disbelief. :)
Hahhha!
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Yeah! And happy (belated) birthday to Burger from his birthday twin, Three. Our babies were born on the exact same day! It’s crazy to us, too, that we have a 6 year old. Still feels like we just got her some days. Give Burger a kiss from Three!
So cute!
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John…
Duh! EVERYTHING tastes better on a stick!
Thanks for the laughs -perfect way to start the day :)
Happy Birthday Burger!
How Bassett Hound (Doc) turned 6 on the 26th!
We celebrate our fur kids birthdays too! Every year Cam and Blakely get a cake similar to Burger’s and then we take them to the pet store where they get to pick out a new toy each :) And by pick I really mean the first one they sniff and appear to be semi interested in. Ahh pup birthdays…I love them.
Clara is giving one of those faces like the kids in the ‘Hey Jimmy Kimmel’ Christmas videos – so cute!
Happy Birthday Burger!
Our Bassett Hound Doc turned 6 on the 26th!
Super cute!!! I just celebrated my chihuahua’s adoptiversary this week with Polka Dog bakery treats and Bette Davis movies (her favorite).
Haha- so cute!
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Based on Burger’s initial interest in the cheese popsicle, I think the two of them could have orchestrated a trade. I love the idea of the cheese on a stick! Cheese any way really.
Our pooch gets pancakes on his birthday, one per year… he turns 5 in the spring, think we are going to switch to dollar pancake size from the standards or our big boy will get even bigger!
Haha, a trade might have worked!
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Happy Happy Birthday BURGER!!
Heart melted at Clara’s face when she tried out her cheesey lolly pop.. love it. :)
I literally almost spit out the water in my mouth when I watched Clara’s reaction to the cheese popsicle! Hilarious! Where did you come up with that one?
I have no idea where I come up with these things. I’m just a weirdo, born and raised. My dad used to make us green applesauce and hot-dog men (sliced and cooked to curl out like people). I come from a culinarily weird family. Haha.
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I love the hot-dog men, how fun. I have to admit, this makes me feel a little less weird for putting ketchup on my eggs – my husband gives me so much grief for it that one.
Isn’t it cool how it was clear that this year Clara wasn’t going to try to go after Burger’s treat even if she didn’t get one of her own. Or even be upset that she didn’t get one. She’s really grown up. Plus that kind of restraint is a good sign for her ability to have a great time at school (vs kids at this age who don’t have her kind of self control yet).
We celebrate our dogs’ birthdays with a “meatcake”. It’s a can of flakes of ham or flakes of chicken (whatever is in the cupboard) with a candle on top. This year we didn’t have any birthday candles in the house so poor Chloe (her 6th too! Sept 15th) got a tealight on top.
http://turtlesandtails.blogspot.ca/2011/09/birthday-girl.html
http://turtlesandtails.blogspot.ca/2012/09/its-chloe-time.html
(Funny, I don’t have any blog posts about Sasha’s birthday. Maybe the “cake” doesn’t last long enough.)
So funny!!
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Thank you for the cheese popsicle idea!
My husband would live on cheese (and meat) if allowed with a random serving of veggies. As a result, for his upcoming birthday, we might just have cheese popsicles for dessert!
In fact, he loves the local Beehive Cheese- http://www.beehivecheese.com/ so much he wrote a sonnet for them. (Sonnets are like breathing to him… they just happen.)
Oh, and my Dad dyes his waffles and pancakes to match the holidays. Yes, red and green for Christmas, orange/yellow/brown for Halloween and Thanksgiving, etc. It’s good to come from unique food families!
Hahahaha I love it!
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Thanks for the shout out Wendy. We did love the sonnet!
Haha. Is that a little Babybel cheese? Priceless.
Did she get a “real” treat after the fake out one?
Haha- yes, we shared a cookie after she ate half of her cheese-on-a-stick. Haha.
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Hahahaaaaaa!!! Oh my goodness, Clara is so cute and watching her reaction is priceless. Cheese-lover me would personally have loved the treat, Sherry. :)
Maybe next time you should try cucumbers on a stick? (which is what I thought the popsicle was in Clara’s blogiversary video) Ha haa!!!
That sounds good actually!
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I’m back with an upgrade that’s sure to please even Miss Clara: http://www.superhealthykids.com/blog-posts/sour-kiwi-suckers.php
(saw it on pinterest and couldn’t resist)
So cute!!!
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Aww! too cute! I love Burger’s little face while you guys are singing! He’s soooo excited to have that treat! And Clara’s reaction to the cheese popsicle is too funny!
Hahaha – this video made my morning. I watched it with the sound off and everything about it, from Burger’s utter terror at his treat being threatened to Clara’s face at the cheese-sicle, was even more hilarious because I could only watch the expressions. I am still giggling.
Oh my gosh, I’m dying of laughter here at my desk. Clara and John’s reactions to the cheesesicle were so flipping funny. Oh well. At least Burger liked his treat! I guess you can’t please everybody. (I, for one, think cheese on a stick is brilliant. I could totally go for some right now.)
Clara’s cutest video! From sitting on that box to the facial expressions while singing, to kicking Burger’s cupcake, to the cheese popsicle reaction! “I want another treat too!” haha thanks so much for sharing this!
A cheese popsicle! Brilliant! :)
LOL! Tears in my eyes from watching it (3 times!) Favorite part is when Clara goes back to her seat and says quitely “I want another treat too”. What a sweet little girl!