blessing of the char nar

the whole family really loves charlie. he is like the doo doo baby that we've never had. his grandparents love him (you should see the thick slab of boiled chicken breast that they make JUST FOR HIM every sunday when we go for a visit), i love him, my fiance loves him, and my sis REALLY loves him. so it's not a suprise that charlie doo doo gets dragged along to things like the "blessing of the animals" at olvera street this past saturday with his mommy and his auntie in tow. here is the story of charlie and his blessing:

first off, charlie saw and sniffed a lot of different animal butts. he really had a ball there:

cow butts.

big bunny butts.

butts that go neeeeyyyyy and doo doo monstrous green things.

and butts that won't ever win a race, but a children's story book says they do. don't believe it peoples.

while waiting in the EXTREMELY long line to get him blessed, i saw a pack of beagles. i got so excited cuz charlie is a single dog and rarely do we meet a pack of them so i walked him over so he could meet his own...but he ran away like a little baby. he apparently prefers chihuahuas and yorkies...what a racist!

when we finally got to the front of the line where all the blessing took place, the priest took a huge brush (reminds me of the kind you use to clean your toilets....SERIOUSLY), dipped it in this huge tupperware bin, and DOUSED, and i mean DOUSED us with water. he could have probably turned on a hose and we would have been just as wet. we all walked away feeling a bit dazed...wow, just wow. i didn't expect that.

we walked around a bit more before i got my churro fix and saw a lot of other animals that were dressed for this special occasion. i really liked this cage set up which i first thought were stuffed hamsters but if you look up, there's two yellow birds! how cute!

we also saw a punk rock doggy. she looked like she shops at hot topic. cute x 2!

we finally made it out of olvera street and its tight quarters but once in a while, we would have to pick charlie up in fear that he was going to get trampled or that he would eat a loose churro or something. that little dog has awful stomach problems :(

here's his auntie holding him. i told you he gets mucho love! what a spoiled, smelly little dog my little lovely charlie brown :)

it was a good day.