Today, we’re counting down some favorites. My friend, Little Binky gave me the idea when we were both nominated for the Favorite Things Award. Thanks, Little B. and Granny!
For this award, all we have to do is tell 6 of our favorite things, and then pass the award on. Feel free to take the badge and tell 6 of your favorite things if you haven’t already done that.
My Favorite Things
6. Bacon treats. Or chicken. Or liver. Or beef. Or cheese…..
5. Stuffed toys. I don’t always tear them up. Only sometimes….
4. The park. I love swinging, walking, sitting, sniffing, eating things from the ground when Mom isn’t looking, and people watching – especially little-kid-people.
3. The car. Every road trip is a good road trip.
2. Street naps. The hotter the better.
1. Sun puddles. Aaahhhh…..
Mom’s Favorite Books to Read Aloud When She Was a Teacher
6. The Trumpet of the Swan
5. Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing
4. All About Sam
3. All the Money in the World
2. Junie B. Jones and the Yucky Blucky Fruitcake
1. The Chocolate Touch
Cupcake Speaks 
Comments on: "Countdown Wednesday" (65)
Congratulations, Cupcake! I agree with about the trips in the car – they’re always good.
Thanks, C. I think the car is magical!
Love and licks,
C
Congratulations, Cupcake, and so good to see you again. I love sun-puddles and hot weather too. How is your mom? Is her knee doing better and are you both taking (long) walks again? Send you a lot welcome back Pawkisses for the weekend 🙂
Thanks, Little B. Mom is doing tons better. We walked 3 buildings down yesterday, and when we got home I needed a drink and a nap. Mom said I was a wimp.
Love and licks,
C
Big congrats Cupcake, you and Mommy deserve all the awards, I shred up every stuffie BOL xx00xx
Mollie and Alfie
Thanks, M. Some stuffed toys are just asking for it. Mom says it’s the jackasses in my head, but it’s them. They force me to rip them.
Love and licks,
C
Congrats! Sun puddles are one of our favourite things!
Nutty, Nacho, Buddy & Basil
xxxx
Thanks, N, N, B, and B. We all love feeling warm and toasty, I guess! xoxo
Love and licks,
C
Congratulations Cupcake!
Piggy kisses,
Poppy and Clover
Xxxxxx
Thanks, P and C. I love piggy kisses. xoxo
Love and licks,
C
Well done Cupcake xxx
Thanks, Moggies. xoxo
Love and licks,
C
YAY Cupcake! Congratulations……and I like your fave things – some of which are MY faves too although I’d pass on the car trips since getting in the car means V-E-T !
Kitty Hugs, Sammy
Thanks, S. Bummer about the vet thing. I go there sometimes, but mostly the car takes me to fun places like the park, to visit friends, and to work at the VA.
Love and licks,
C
Congrats Cupcake…boy you love car rides like Forrest and Doc..do you bark? do you talk to the other cars and people passing by? some doggies don’t like the car isn’t that curious! Have a great day Cupcake and hope you find a sun puddle .hugs Fozziemum
Thanks, FM. I am very quiet in the car. I’m such a good girl, Mom almost forgets I’m there! I lick her elbow to remind her…..
Love and licks,
C
Hehe a licks a great way to make sure mum doesn’t forget you Cupcake 🙂 Hugs Fozziemum
Congrats! Street naps… Uhhh… Great! 😀
Thanks, E. Street naps ARE great! They are warm and relaxing.
Love and licks,
C
YUM. I love bacon treats too and now I shall drool until my Momma gives me one. Or seven!
Awesome, F.! I hope you got 7 treats. Or 16.
Love and licks,
C
Such a beautiful award, Cupcake! Congratulations! My mommy volunteers in our public schools to help children who are having a bit of a reading struggle. Last year, one of her students loved the Junie B. Jones books. She loved them, too!
Thanks, Miss HL. Junie B. is so fun. She makes Mom laugh her head off.
Love and licks,
C
Congratulations! You should get extra treats! Wooooowoooooo, Ku
Thanks, Ku! Extra treats are my dream come true!
Love and licks,
C
Congratulations! I agree with you for all this treats – they are one of my favorite things too. I like all about Sam, but I felt sorry for Anastasia – it’s not easy with a younger brother :o)
Thanks, E. It’s a good thing Anastasia named her new brother Sam, and not that other name she was thinking about…. Yikes!
Love and licks,
C
Street napping? *BOL* you crack us up Cupcake!! Congrats on the award sweet girl xxx
Thanks, W and S. Street naps are the best – warm and hardly dangerous at all…..
Love and licks,
C
BOL…hardly dangerous… BOL!!!!
You have some very good favorite things there Cupcake but about that “street napping” are there no cars on your street? isn’t it scary?
There ARE cars on my street, G. Mom watches out for them, and if she can’t convince me to get up, she drags me into the gutter for safety.
Love and licks,
C
As long as mom is watching out for you Cupcake, but you be careful
Gee, isn’t there a song about that?? Love all your favorite things Cupcake! Your mom can do just about anything with you. A swing in the park — Archie would go rigid on me. Don’t think I’ve read any of your mom’s favorite books.
Thanks, Pat. You are busy reading new books. Mom’s favorites are oldies but goodies! Really GOOD goodies!
Love and licks,
C
Congrats, C. I like that last book you got your paws on. 😉
Thanks, G.! That book is definitely my favorite, plus it’s the only one Mom will let me touch.
Love and licks,
C
Maybe she’ll soften. In the meantime, read on – even if from a distance. xoxo❤
Oh my gosh, Cupcake, my mom loved that Chocolate Touch book too! She forgot all about it until now! I have to say that your favorite things list sounds better to me though 😉 Congratulations on your cool new award!
Thanks, R.! Chocolate Touch is an old book, but still a ton of fun. Not for us doggies, because no chocolate allowed!
Love and licks,
C
Congratulations on your well-deserved award, Cupcake! And you and I are on the same page. Well, not about the liver snacks. But I love sun puddles too 🙂 And I must look up The Chocolate Touch. It sounds like a book I would love but I’ve never heard of it before!
Thanks, S. Mom said it was a toss up between The Chocolate Touch and Chocolate Fever. She liked both of them. I think you will too! I mean – chocolate is chocolate – right….?
Love and licks,
C
Bacon treats are always a plus. And I’m not even a dog.
So true, CD. Dads always love bacon… Moms, too!!
Love and licks,
C
My students always seemed to get a kick out of the Wayside School books when I was a classroom teacher. Now that I teach gifted, we generally do more “serious” books. I have read The Giver to my 5th graders for 13 years, and never tire of it.
The Giver is VERY serious. Ditto Stone Fox and Number the Stars…. Listening to stories is fun.
Love and licks,
C
Congrats Cupcake! How in the world do you get in that swing?! I love reading your favorite things (well, I might omit one just to save my skin hehe).
~ Coccolino the mini pig 🙂
Thanks, C. Mom picks me up and plops me into the swing. I’m sorry about saying the B word in my favorites list. I didn’t mean anything personal…. xoxo
Love and licks,
C
Congratulations, Cupcake! One of my favourite things is reading your blog and gazeing at your pics! And please, don’t forget that putting your bony head on the knee of your mom will belong in no time to her favourites again!
You’re right, K. I’m pretty sure Mom secretly loves my bony head on her sore leg.
Love and licks,
C
CONGRATULATIONS CUPCAKE!!!! We laughed when we saw Junie B. Jones… we used to read that out loud to our children and they loved them and the collies did too….
Thanks, Chuck! Junie B. is hilarious. Those collies have good taste!
Love and licks,
C
OMC!!! Cupcake! You are sooooooo cute in that swing!!!
Thanks, Savvy! The swing makes me peaceful and happy!
Love and licks,
C
cute, don’t forget cute!!!
Congrats! Love the sun puddles but worry about your naps in the street. – Lorian
Don’t worry, L. Mom drags me into the gutter if a car comes.
Love and licks,
C
Congrats on the award Cupcake! I can’t believe you nap in the street, that is too funny BOL
Thanks, M. Street naps are warm and cozy – till a car comes….
Love and licks,
C
What an awesome list buddy, I really liked that pic of you in the swing, so cute! You rock it!
Have fun,
Your pal Snoopy 🙂
Thanks, S. I DID rock it in the swing. Actually Mom rocked it…back and forth and back and forth…..
Love and licks,
C
I lie lying out in the heat too! And Jen says Junie B. Jones rocks!
Hey Cupcake! You look like you are “planking” in that street photo! I also loved that swing photo.
Look at all those places Cupcake likes to go! You sure are a traveller Miss. Cupcake! 🙂 An ADORABLE ONE AT THAT!!!
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