Momo & Pinot - The Cavs' Diary

Guestbook: We'd love to see your pawprints!

2013-01-01T00:05:00.000-05:00

Hello and welcome to our blog!

Please don't forget to leave your pawprints.....

including your web address if you have a blog.

We would love to come by and say woof or meow!

Thank you for coming by our blog!!

Our heritage.

2012-01-23T00:20:00.000-05:00

Behind the scene...

Bro.. seriously it's part of your heritage as well... :) :)

Momo & Pinot/J & R

A star is born!

2012-01-14T21:20:00.000-05:00

Hello everyone! Hope the year 2012 is treating you well!

Do you remember Junior, aka "Downtown Cavalier Spotter"

who held Downtown Cavalier Playdate back in summer of 2009?

(Official site is here)

Junior / Jewelcroft

His human made this pawsome video which was filmed at various locations
in downtown Toronto
and we LOVE it, we LOOOVE it!!

Check this out!

High Five for your great work, Junior!
A Cavalier star is born!

Brrrrr.... Blizzard!!

The first blizzard hit our town on Friday morning!

We woke up and stepped out to our backyard.
Whoa, everything was white and it was pretty.
But we were scared by strong wind.

This photo does't show much but the weather was NOT nice at all.

When mom Happily came home from work (TGIF!), the blizzard had already calmed down.
I Momo is not a winter doggie but I sampled a bit of snow.

"Shall we go back??"

It's ok not to be a winter doggie. We're lap doggies after all.

We're sure our cute pawprints make you smile.

We wondered how our regular visitor, Mr. & Mrs. squirrels were doing.

We didn't want them to be starved so we left some nuts on the backyard.

:) :)

Keep smiling everyone!

Momo & Pinot/J & R

First award of the year 2012

2012-01-07T01:00:00.000-05:00

We're having a brilliant start this year...The reason why?

We spotted a good place to take a photo while cruising the city.

The AWARD!

Our new friends Tyson & Baethys

and a fellow Cavalier girl Baika

gave us something special.

The Liebster Blog Award.

"Liebster" means 'dearest' in German and the award is intended to help up-and-coming

blogs to get more attention they deserve.

This is what we need since our chief editor hasn't done much lately.
:D :D

To accept the award means following the rules.

1. Thank the giver and link back to the blogger who gave it to you.2. Reveal your top five picks {with less than 200 readers} and let them know

by leaving a comment on their blog.3. Copy and paste the award on your blog.4. Hope that friends you’ve sent the award to forward it to their

five favorite up-and-coming bloggers and keep it going!

MMmm... this is always the hardest part but here we go...

A BIG thank you, Tyson, Baethys and Baika.

Wishing everyone the joyful new year.

Momo & Pinto/J & R

Happy Pawdays!!

2011-12-29T01:30:00.000-05:00

We must have been really good.

We sneaked out from bed quietly around 4ish in the morning on Christmas Day.

OMD....... Santa Paw was here for sure!!

"Ok... Shall we go back to bed?"

Four hours later, our brudder got up by himself then we had no choice.

:D :D

This is one of the toys that he really enjoys playing.

Ice Cream Corn!

"Would you like a triple ice cream corn, daddy?"

We Cavalier Santa left a few pressies for our daddy.

He's been VERY good!

Thank you from your Cavalier kids.

We found a few pressies for us. Santa Paw is a good guy.

Our brudder was a good helper to open 'our' pressies!

Remind you bro, ....... that is ours!

To open our pressies was fun!

Then it was time to snack.

Mom had some yummy plans over the holiday.

This was the first one, Christmas muffin..whatever it means...

A bit later.....

dad & bro with the matching aprons were ready.

Tell you the truth, mom stares at this photo a zillion times... hehehe

After some preparation time, daddy put Mr. Turkey into our big avocado.

"Daddy, these leeks are ready, too!!"

Five hours later...

Sniff sniff sniff..........

Our dinner can't be completed with these colourful veggies.

The Must!

Broccoli, Cauliflower & Leeks with homemade Cheese sauce.

Don't forget daddy's signature stuffing with walnuts. Yum yum YUM!!

Just like our humans, we had a huge dinner.

Then mom served us after dinner plate.

Mr. tiny bit of Turkey, Brussels sprout,, squash and cranberry chutney. Yum!

Next day, yummy plan. No. 2,

Eggnog waffle.

"Can we start, mom? :

"Can you just drop that thing?"

Tonight was our mom's last day of her Christmas vacation from work.

She made Classic Vanilla Bean Cream Brulee with our brudder's help.

Yummy Plan No. 3

Have a great holiday season!

Momo & Pinot/ J & R

Santa Paw is coming soon!

2011-12-24T11:20:00.000-05:00

23rd.... Almost midnight.

Daddy put up the tree and lights a few nights ago

but something is missing...

The ornaments!

This year mom and dad decided to replace our old ornaments and they found this.

Yes, The Diva never forget our needs.

"Is there any products that she hasn't put her name??"

Lucky mom, she got 8 very helpful paws!

"Oh wait, where is sissy?"

Around 1am.

2 am.

Done!!

Today we finally took a family Christmas photo. Yay!

Hope Santa Paw will bring you lots of lots of pressies.

Have a wonderful holiday, everyone!!

Momo & Pinot/J & R

Squirrels In The City

2011-12-16T00:00:00.000-05:00

Being spoiled is not a bad thing and they know how...

We placed varieties of nuts and within five minutes we had a visitor.

Peanuts, Walnuts, Hazelnuts... My pick is peanuts!

Then his buddy came along..

He is one brave squirrel to come up and say Hey!

Hey that's all??

Christmas is around the corner... still we have no tree!!!

Momo & Pinot/J & R

Are you ready for Christmas?

2011-12-09T23:00:00.000-05:00

Midnight stack!

A few nights ago, we were very patient while mom and dad

tried hard to tidy up our new place until very late.

Being a good doggie means what we get a good treat.

A pork bone! A real one!!

Yum yum pork bone makes this face. :D

Tonight we are excited to see dad is putting up Christmas decoration.

Christmas is coming very soon. :) :)

We will add more nicely but it's 11. This is good for now, dad!

Momo & Pinot/J & R

We're still around!

2011-11-20T23:59:00.000-05:00

Hello there!!! We're back from the longest absence! We've missed you.

Lots of thingy have been going on these days.

One evening, mom and dad took us to this place.

What is all about, mom and dad???

In our house on the following morning, this is what we found.

What is going on?!?

Apparently, mom and dad were packing all these boxes until 3:30 in the morning

while we were snoring dreaming of having goodies.

They said this is farewell CHEEEEESE!"

Sorry bro, you're not in this photo. You were having fun at daycare.

Many hours later.........

A few more hours later.......

Hey, I found my temporary shelter.

"Mommy, I found my new cart!"

Stay tuned for our new adventure... :) :)

********* Trick'O'Treat! *******

This is WAY overdue... but we thought it would be nice to share some photos from

our Pawlloween Night.

Our brudder gets older. This year, he had a very good idea what to do then what he gets.

We're ready, mom!

Ohhh.... spoooooky!

This was our first stop. Our brudder walked through the graveyard and

knocked the door by himself.

We chicken Cavaliers and adult humans waited on the sidewalk.

Let's check out this place, daddy!!

After daddy emptied his bag, he was still very up to.

That's my next stop!

Our mission is not accomplished yet!

We really had a good time! We got to sniff around while seeing many exciting kids in funny costumes.

OMD, our brudder has grown so much.

Look at his first Pawlloween when he was a few month old in 2008.

Baby Pumpkin is here!

This was a day after Halloween. Baby Pumpkin was stored carefully

in the bassinet.

"Let's go for a walk!"

Halloween 2009!

Woof, woof woooooooof!!!

This 'doggie' ran everywhere in the park.

This was taken just before heading to trick or treating.

****** Halloween 2010 *****

He was supposed to be Mickey Mouse at daycare Halloween pawty

BUT he refused to put the costume on at the last minutes !

This is a VERY bad photoshop!!!

All humans were busy from one trip to another around Halloween

and we couldn't make it to the trick'o'treat.

Instead, we took our sibing portrait right after humans came back from Hawaii

a few days before Halloween.

"Aloha~"

********* Casting Call!! ********

Last but not least, we wanted to say thank you for your vote!!

Contest closed on the 17th.

At the end, we were around No. 2000th out of 26,000 entries. We're happy that we made a huge progress from No. 14,000 as start. :) :)

Now we wonder who won the contest and become the next star of Fido ad.

Momo & Pinot/J & R

Happy Pawlo-ween!

2011-10-31T23:59:00.000-04:00

Dad carved Mr. Pumpkin today!

Which bandana do you like the best?

My pick is this one.

After the photo shoot, we went treat or treating with brudder!

He was so excited and really enjoyed collecting all the goodies (for humans)

that mom has never given to him. hehehe.....

Mr. Pumpkin looks a bit different now.

Still he has a nice smily face.

Hope you had a good one, too!!

Momo & Pinot/M & R

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PS: Please take a moment to vote for us!!

Vote for Momo: I am currently No. 3119.

Vote for Pinot: I am at No. 3559!

Thank you very much for those who have voted....

Vote for Momo & Pinot!

2011-10-24T22:39:00.000-04:00

Fido Casting Call!

The Canadian wireless service provider Fido is looking for a next canine star for their ad...

and we're in the Casting Call!

Please click the photo below and vote for us.

(or click here for Momo)

We're allowed one vote every day until November 17, 2011!

(or click here for Pinot)

Fido is donating $1 for every Fido Casting Call vote to Lions Foundation of Canada Dog Guides.

Thank you for your time in advance!!

Momo & Pinot/J & R

Happy Thanksgiving Long Weekend!!

2011-10-09T12:00:00.003-04:00

Tomorrow, 10th is Thanksgiving here in Canada.

Daddy will prepare yummy yummy turkey dinner tonight.

Until everything is ready, we'll cuddle up and take a break. :) :)

Can you believe that it's 26C (78F) this weekend?

We're having a summer weather in autumn!

Hope all of you have a good weekend!

Momo & Pinot/J & R

When two boys get together......

2011-10-01T23:30:00.000-04:00

"Get down, get down, please!!"

"Did we hear anything, bro??"

Booooooooooooo~~~

"Did we make it??"

"OH........ yeah!!"

Pinot/J & R

PS: I Momo is a good girl as always. :)

The prize has arrived from Australia!

2011-09-22T00:00:00.000-04:00

Aren't these bookmarks and calendar beautiful? :) :)

Mom is a member of a group called Cavalier Army on Facebook.

One evening, a photo competition notice caught her eyes.

Even if we've kept our blog for past six years,

we never participated anything like that but for some reasons, she decided to give it a try.

The photo of the header on our old blog was sent in.... :) :)

Very kind members voted for our photo. Eventually we won the 1st place in "eyes" photo comp

along with another cute Cavalier photo.

After a long 25 day of journey from Australia, the prize has safely arrived to our place.

Phew〜.

Thank you very much Julie, the creator of this group to make these beautiful prize.

Please accept our big virtual kisses and hugs to you.

"We love it!"

"Look! Here's Australian version of Will and Kate stamp!" (Can we still call them casually??)

Extra bonus from Australia.

Momo & Pinot/J & R

Happy Happy Barkday, Pinot BOY!

2011-09-18T00:00:00.000-04:00

Today, September 18th is another special day!

It's my barkday!!

i am the barkday doggie today!

I turn FOUR !!!

Mom and dad still call me Pinot Boy coz they think I am a forever

puppy. Do you think they should call me Pinot MAN??

Dad, BBQ Chicken again, please!

Momo & Pinot/J & R

Momo's Barkday Nite!

2011-09-12T13:50:00.000-04:00

What is your favourite dinner?

Our pick is daddy's BBQ!

On my barkday late evening,

he made a special pizza for two adults due to frequent request from mom.

Tonight's Menu:

Sweet red pepper, sweet Onion, anchovies, Gorgonzola & Bocconcini Cheese,

with dad's original tomato sauce made of lots of herbs

and Cabinet Sauvignon on whole grain pizza dough.

"Brudder, we'll tell you all about his gorgeous pizza tomorrow."

While pizza was cooling down, he put our chicken on a cast iron grid

in the big green egg.

Sizzling sound makes you hungry!

Assistant mom placed smoked salmon then put some baby spinach on top.

Shortly after, yum yum BBQ chicken was ready!

It's very hot!

Dad already gave us huge dinner so this was our after dinner snack.

We were stuffed but hey! there is always room for snack, right? :D :D

"C'mon, daddy!!!!"

"Happy Barkday Momo!"

Next night, we found left over BBQ Chicken on our dinner plate.

Mom and dad always serve us meat even if they don't eat them,

but this BBQ chicken was a drooooooling pawfect quality!

Another celebration is on the way!!!

Momo & Pinot/J & R

Happy Gatcha/Barkday to two Momo!!!

2011-09-02T00:00:00.010-04:00

"Mom... You Got a Mail!"

It's an invitation from our kitty sissy Momo and SS in Australia!

It's our sissy Momo's Gatcha Day pawty invitation.

September 2 is a very special day to us.

She was adopted by SS's family in early September 13 years ago.

Since her real barkday is uncertain,

Momo adopted my barkday September 2 as her Gatcha Day.

courtesy of Momo

Please stop by her pawty.

"Brudder, we'd better hurry!!!"

Momo & Pinot/J &R

Morning walky and Barkday Bash!

2011-08-27T16:10:00.003-04:00

***** Morning Walky with mom *****

Hello friends!!!

We're still around and we have a big announcement!

"We're going to fire the chief editor of our blog a.k.a mom!

This time, it's real!" hehehe

Why??

No update on our blog for the longest time..

She never helped us to visit our friends' blog for the longest time. :( :(

Her excuse is what she went back to work and 'everyone' in the house
is still adjusting to a new routine.
Mmmmm...

We're good to accept our new routine.

This was our first morning walky with mom in a month.

It was a pawfect late summer morning and the air was very fresh.

"Ok.. we know all humans are trying their best.

Maybe we'll give you another chance, mom!"

****** Barkday! Barkday!! Barkday!!! ******

Our brudder turned 3!

A day before his barkday, a helium tank was delivered to our house.

Then mom and dad went to the pawty shop to get lots of balloons.

When they finished blowing up about 70 balloons, it was already 2 in the morning.

"Can you see the rocket big tank behind me?"

12am:
Let's prepare barkday balloons!

It was weekend but our brudder had a super accurate body clock.

He woke us up at 7:30 as usual.

Our doggie friend who is a pressy from Mango had a pawty hat and ready for the celebration.

"What is that?!?"

Our giraffe girl greated him.
She moved into our house before his birth so she was happy to join the celebration.

Brudder was about to open one of pressies.

That's from us, brudder.

James met James, one of Thomas' friends. :) :)

After our afternoon walky and lunch....

Mom and dad had to take our brudder to somewhere that we couldn't visit.

Their destination was ...

African Lion Safari!

Would you like souvenir water?!?

Hello real giraffe girls.

Brudder got to meet The Lion King and Queen.

Ok... it was a good idea to stay home. :D :D

Who made our brudder giggle the whole time......??

Monkey family!

They were jumping up and down around visitors' cars.

Monkey would say 'give me that junk food'

Hello very closely. :D

After greeting many wild animals, it was time to take a break.

"Are they going to meet The Lion King and Queen again??"

Brudder enjoyed this short train ride.

This was the end of our brudder's adventure!

***** Pawty! *****

Next day, after this picture was taken, we were playing with this Happy Birthday balloon

on the balcony.

It was not a good idea. We couldn't hold the balloon and he took off to the sky
while singing 'happy birthday' song.
Up up up.... and very high up!! :( :( :(

"This balloon is funny. He sings!"

Besides, can you see all these dying balloons on the right of the photo?!?

Our home made Helium balloons were shrunken already.

So mom and dad rushed to the pawty shop again and get more balloons.

This time, there was no secret! Even our brudder helped dad to blow up his own barkday balloons!

Done!

The Family Portrait.

The first attempt!

Can you see our bum-bum?!?

Look what was placed on the table! This is what we were sniffing.

Mom never allows James to eat chocolate (He must be doggie, too.) so
this Bow Tie Cake was very special!

"Brudder, we can't sample this cake!!!! Do you know that??"

The Family Portrait!

The 2nd attempt.

This picture looks better except me Momo who was still sniffing the cake!

A moment we finshed the shot, I Pinot had to jump to the table.

"Sissy, that's my cupcake!"

"yum yum..... oh hey happy barkday bro!"

Momo patiently waited to get her cupcake.

Pink cupcake is mine!

Happy Barkday to you~

Happy Barkday Dear James

Happy Barkday to you!!

Momo & Pinot/J & R

Happy Barkday Brudder!!!

2011-08-13T03:00:00.000-04:00

Can you believe our little brudder turns 3 today?!?

Our lives have changed since you came into our lives.

Thank you, brudder!

Momo & Pinot/J & R

Cavaliers on display

2011-07-29T12:40:00.009-04:00

Team Cavalier headed off to the park.

It was a very warm day. After our morning exercise at the park,

we decided to take a short break in the shade.

"Hey, sissy.... I found you and me!!"

"Aren't they identical?"

We found 'baby Momo' in the photo frame, too!!!

Ok.... they are not really us but it's always nice to spot other Cavaliers in town!!

Have a great weekend!!!

Momo & Pinot/J & R

Hot Hot Hot!

2011-07-20T16:45:00.005-04:00

It's 35C (95F) right now!!

Tomorrow the temperature is expected to be 38C (100F)!!!

Stay cool and enjoy your wallymelon at home if you have a similar weather.

Momo & Pinot/ J & R

I am shiny again!

2011-07-12T14:15:00.006-04:00

Hi it's me, Pinot! Mom and dad thought I looked hairy :(

so it was time to meet Ms. C at the grooming salon.

Sissy Momo has lost so much hair her own 'summer' coat so she didn't come with me.

Ms C always does a good job and we trust her.

I was calm on the stand until I saw mom over the window.

While Ms C was trimming my coat, our brudder was wandering in the store.

You probably know The Domestic Viva Martha Stewart has haunched PETS products line.

Hey, brudder's T matches with her signature colour!

What we didn't know is that she has her own POOP BAGS!

Do you prefer simple black bags or beautiful emerald green poop bags?!?

A day after my grooming.

Can you tell my coat is velvety and shiny again?

Thank you, Ms C. I feel good again.

Momo & Pinot/J & R

PS: What? Martha has her own toilet bowl cleaner!!

Canada Day Long weekend!

2011-07-04T22:40:00.003-04:00

First of all, Happy Barkday America!

We hope everyone enjoyed the long weekend.

Our long weekend started on Friday, July 1st.

Moose Flo had this simple costume to add red and white in town.

July 1st was a very hot day. All we wanted to do was supervising our brudder

on the shade in the park.

"Can we play together?!?"

"We'll join you a bit later....."

We made sure if he was ok from distance. hehehe...

We planned BBQ just like many Canadian folks but

dad couldn't find a very important thing, charcoal!! :(

Instead, we had this very patriot chips. bol

Organic chips make mom feel better.
Mom, chips are still....... CHIPS!

"Salsa and chips, anyone?"

We were ready to jump'n'sample....

Then someone innocently reached to our chips!

"I will try red one, mommy..."

(Pinot) "Bro, that's mine!"

"Mommy, I change my mind...."

(Momo) "No... you don't!!"

"First come - first served, right, mommy?!?

"Let us tell you bro, we were here first!"

Next day, dad came home with a big bag of hardwood charcoal. Yay!

Then we found dad in the kitchen. WhooOO hoooOOOOO!!!

Dad didn't plan this but doesn't the pizza have red and white toppings? :D

The toppings are tomato, lots of lots of onion, red long pepper, mini-portabello,

Bocconcini (simply yum!), Parmesan, fresh Basil and dried Oregano (thanks, McCcormick!).

"inhale, exhale, inhale, exhale....."

I had to admit that I am a BBQfobia :( but I had to hang out near the balcony.

The smell was irresistible!

Almost ready!

Dad put the last topping, smoked salmon on top and let them cook

in The Egg for a few more minutes.

Baby spinach was placed on top before served.

"Done!"

Dinner Time!

"I am about to try daddy's pizza!"

"Same here! Salmon, please!"

Three cakes for three humans and two dogs.... Mmmmm..

Who gets what and how much?!?

Mom's pick, chocolate cake was eaten by our brudder very quickly.

Mom and we shared this patriot cupcake,

very appropriate selection for doggies. :)

"I got the first bite!"

On Sunday, humans were out until late but dad was up to make pizza again! :)

Sorry brudder, we had the BEST pizza ever!

It's time for torture.

This time, he had same veggies from the previous night

but he substituted anchovy for smoked salmon, gorgonzola

for Bocconcini.

Pizza was made on two stone pizza plate in the Egg so

the crust wasn't overcooked and it was pawfect.

It was SO tasty and mom forgot to take more pictures.

The last picture before the pizza was all disappeared.

Next day, brudder finished the last slice that we hid from mom kept for him. :) :)

Momo & Pinot/J & R

Happy Barkday, Canada!

2011-07-01T00:00:00.009-04:00

Woooooof to your 144th barkday!! :) :)

Have a happy Canada Day weekend!

Momo & Pinot/J & R

We are in trouble!

2011-06-25T17:30:00.001-04:00

We had a photo shoot for our new profile photo on the balcony.

(Momo) "Mom Photoshop, please! This pic makes my bumbum look bigger.

A few minutes later.....

Brudder was in the kitchen and looking at us.

20 minutes later..... We were outside and brudder was still next to the door.

You know why? Because........

We were locked out !!!!!

All we had was mom's digital camera.

Oh, there is a Big Green Egg so we could have survived but there was no food

on the balcony. Not very good...

Two very patient Cavaliers on the chair.
(Momo) "Mom... I told you!"

Mom asked him to grab dad through the glass door and we thought he went upstairs.

He did go upstairs but he only said 'hi' to dad and took his hanger, dad told us later

and came back to the kitchen without him.

A bit later, he finally figured out how to unlock the door.

Phew........

We're glad that we didn't have to woof for help to the stranger

to make a call dad. hehehe....

Momo & Pinot/J & R