It's been awhile!

Hi guys!

Leo here! It really has been quite a long while sine we've posted, sorry about that. We've been very busy in our little lives: G has received a lead role in her ballet performance! Mikey and I are so proud of her.  She has come a long way. But that was just a side note because we have some news, so stay tuned!

  I'll start with some regular news. Today is beardie Sunday which means Mikey and I will be eating our big crickets and getting baths. Georgia and Frida will continue getting crickets (because they get them all week) and likely a bath as well. But the best part for me is that I will get about thirty minutes or more with E: sitting with her, getting pet by her, sitting on her shoulder and walking around the house with her. It's probably my favorite day of the week.

 Onto some fun news: the girls! They have grown an inch since they arrived: Frida is now 7 inches long and Georgia is 6 inches. This is because when Georgia was born,  one of her actual clutch mates nipped her tail (about an inch). So she is the same body length as Frida, just not the same tail length. They are becoming very social, so Mikey and I decided to let them have a couple sentences to write! They will tell me what the want to say and I will type it for them! Here we go:

"Hello! My name is Georgia. My sister is Frida. I like G. I like........I like green beans."

"Whats up? (Whispers "Is that right Mikey?" ) I am Frida. I like my sister Georgia. My favorite food is.........huh.........everything. "


Aren't they cute!?


By the way guys, Mikey and I decided to play with the gadgets on here. We added a couple things to the site so make sure to check them out! We have new links, and have set up an email account that you guys can send to! We have some of the best dragon advice around. check the right sidebar for more information!

Well thanks for reading everyone! Hope you enjoyed this post. I've gotta go get back in my cage....it's almost time for Beardie Sunday!! Have a fantastic day and remember to comment with any questions or requests. Have a great day!


-Leo

A BIG update!!

 Hey dudes!

Mikey here. First off, sorry Leo and I haven't posted in awhile. We've been busy helping G with the start of the school year (Its her first year of middle school and sometimes she has panic attacks). We have some big things to cover and we have some time today, so we'll get ya caught up. But because I love making you guys read on, I'm gonna leave the biggest news for last. Here we go guys!

So like we said earlier, G started mid school a couple weeks ago. She's been doing good with her assignments and has A's in pretty much every class she takes. She really connected with one of her old friends this year and they're really good friends now.  I call her Panda because she LOVES pandas. Anyway, I'm getting sidetracked,  she comes into her room a lot more to do something called "studying" because she has tests. My opinion is, the test is supposed to see how much you know, so why read up on it the night before? Isn't that defeating the whole purpose of a test? What is a test? Hmm. Enough about school, now onto something else. 

 G has been talking a lot about this thing called "Halloween". She says that she would love to put wings on Leo and train me to breathe fire, but she knows that Leo ain't puttin on any costume. or maybe she meant that I couldn't breathe fire.........awww man! Oh well. Speaking of beardies breathing fire, has anyone seen the Capri-Sun commercial where the bearded dragon gets squirted with juice? Hahahaha. I could watch that commercial for days. He's all like, "Why ya squirtin me pal?"  Its TOOO funny!! Hahahahahah, ahhh good times. 

Okay it's too much suspense, now for the big news!!!!!!

G has always thought about how girl bearded dragons seem cool. She talked about wanting one for a pretty long time, and she eventually brought it up to her Mom. They discussed it every now and then, but not for a very long time because they never knew if they should get one, or what to get. Well, the place where Leo and I come from is called Carolina Classic Dragons. It's an awesome place that is located in North Carolina and definitely has the best dragons ever! Our family totally recommends it! Anyway, one night, G was looking on the website and she saw a little girl bearded dragon that was 6 weeks old: a Hypo Trans, 100% Het Zero (For those of you who like the exact type) . She immediately showed her Mom who showed her Dad. They discussed it for about a day and they said that G could get her. G was so excited for her arrival. I remember how happy Leo and I were to have a little sister, it was so awesome. 

And then came the surprise.

She arrived on a Tuesday after G's school was released. G ran upstairs with the package and opened it up. There in a small tupperware was the little baby girl that G had already named Georgia for the artist Georgia O'Keefe. She is so small, that G can hold her full body in one hand! Awww. G checked the box to make sure there was nothing else in there, and there was Georgia's SISTER!!! G was shocked. It was so crazy to see another tupperware in the box and it took her a minute to realize what had happened. G knew right away that her name would be Frida for the artist Frida Kahlo. She is the same age as Georgia but looks nothing like her. They weren't clutch mates, FYI but they treat each other so well. We'll attach some pictures of them, seeing as they are so adorable! I guess that I still maintain the oldest dragon spot, but now Leo gets to be a big brother too! So far, he's handling it well, except for when the girls wanna have fun. Ohh girls just wanna have fun, Ohh I mean I don't sing, what are you talking about? Pfff I hate that song! Anyway, I am the fun brother! Leo is the nice, smart and sort of strict brother. Hah, they'll say, "Wheres Mikey?" "I don't know, Frida. Did he leave?" Oh now we'll be bored forever!"  and then Leo gets all angry and tries to be fun. It doesn't work.  so then I tell a joke and Leo explains why it isn't gram cracker-ly correct. How can something be gram cracker-ly correct? Does it come in a big box? Sometimes, I don't understand him. Ohh well. 

Anyway guys, I hope you enjoyed our update. The girls are eating TONS, but are very sweet. I personally like Frida best because she is feisty like me!! Georgia is a bit more like Leo, so they get along more. But thats cool, ya know. I don't care. I just think Frida is cool. Hahahahaha. I hope you have a great weekend, make sure to comment with any questions or with any new topic requests. See ya dudes!


-Mikey

P.S> Once Georgia and Frida are old enough, they will be able to post on the blog too! Fun, right? 

Georgia

Frida    

Happy Birthday, Leo!

 Hi everyone!

   Its Leo again.  I have been looking forward to this post for quite some time, especially since Mikey and I haven't posted in awhile. I like to blog, it helps me get everything out that I would like to say but can't. Since, ya know, I'm a bearded dragon. I can't talk, but if I could, I'd make a great conversation!!!  I'm so happy about blogging that I almost forgot to tell you, last Friday (July 22nd) was my birthday! I must have had the best birthday weekend any lizard has ever had.  I got a bath, some delicious crickets, and some great time with G. It was the greatest birthday ever! Though, there was this guy who came into G's bedroom, he had silver-ish hair and a low voice. It made me a bit startled at first, but then I knew it was okay because G started calling him, "Poppop" which I'm guessing means Grandpa. It was a pretty good weekend as well because Mikey and I talked a lot. Unfortunately, G is gone right now. She had to leave for a trip in a car, a road trip I think. I don't know if I'll survive much longer without her......Mikey says I'll be okay though. Sigh.....I hope to see her soon.

  Oh I almost forgot, since it was my birthday, I'm going to attach some photos of me from last year. I was so tiny and cute! From a couple months to two years old, here I am! Well guys, I hope you all have a great day, make sure to comment and read on!

-Leo



Heres those pictures! Adorable, right?

Watermelon Greens!

Hey everyone!

   Its Leo again. Today has been a pretty good day so far. G and her family have been preparing all day for tomorrow, which is July 4th! They have been getting things ready for their big squirt gun fight tomorrow, which sounds pretty cool! But the thing I did not expect was that all of this crazy preparation would benefit Mikey and I. I guess G's mom found a HUGE watermelon at the store today, along with tons of fresh collard greens! When G made our salad, she threw in some tiny watermelon with some delicious watermelon juice! So, Mikey and I got to try watermelon greens! It was so good, that I ate it all when she put it in my cage. Mmmm.....delicious. Mikey said he loved it too, though I don't think he ate it all. Oh well, he'll probably finish it later. 
  G is probably going to come pet us once we digest our food a bit. Probably for the best. Mikey is known to throw up when he is excited. Haha! Well Mikey and I will do a duel post tomorrow seeing as it is a fun day.  I hope that you all have prepared for a great fourth of July tomorrow. Remember to comment below with any questions and Mikey and I will be sure to answer you! Have a great rest of the day! 

-Leo

Leo Swims to Pride!

Hi Guys!

Mikey here. I'm just gonna start out by saying today was awesome! It was cricket day today and we got some delicious ones. Petco got a fresh batch of them today and E got the first pick. So yummy! Leo and I also got baths today, and Leo did something outstanding! He taught himself how to swim! He started by pushing the water away with his right arm and leg, and did the same on the left. Then he started paddling with both sides and moved a bit. He ended up on the deep side of the bathtub and when E put her hand in the water and splashed, he swam over to her! I'm so proud of him and I'm sure that E is proud too! I was unfortunately a disappointment when I was put in the bath because all I did was try to jump out of the tub and sat around in the water. Oh well. E put some salads into our tanks after our baths because we ate our crickets fast. She figured we were still hungry, and boy was she right! 
 Well now I'm sitting, typing this up while she eats her dinner with her family. She is a good kid, but she definitely has a lot to learn about me. Cause I've got plenty of spunk to go around! Anyway, I hope you all have a good night, and remember to comment with any questions that you have about beardies or about our little family. Bye guys!

-Mikey

Wood Chip Alert!

Hello again!

This is Leo.  Mikey and I have decided that we will take turns blogging daily. Mikey will cover tomorrow and I will cover the day after, and it will alternate like that. Anyway, back to today's update. G came around 9 this morning to clean our cages and feed us some fresh greens and beardie treats. Beardie treats are these little pink cubes that smell and taste like strawberries and peaches. They are delicious! I really recommend them for you fellow beardies. The real name on the jar is "Bites for Bearded Dragons".  For those of you who are interested, you can get them at pet stores like Petco or Petsmart. They are sort of like moist pellet things. Now back to the day. G also held me and pet me a lot. I really like it when she does that. Though I wish that she would have taken me into her bathroom and let me run around and play. Thats okay. After that I sat on my branch and ate my salad. It was a pretty good day so far.
  A couple of hours later, G came in because she wanted to sit and talk with us while she did stuff on her computer. Then she noticed something in my cage: wood chips. Now calm down everyone, I'm okay. Apparently what happened was G's Mom was helping us out by taking my branch outside and rinsing it off because that's where I went #2. She set it down on a flower box that had wood chips filling the inside, and when she rinsed it, the wood chips stuck on my branch and later fell off in my cage after it had dried. G got it all cleaned out and everything is okay which probably turned out for the better. I almost thought that they were food!
  All in all, it was a pretty good day. Mikey and I talked a lot during the day and managed to post the Welcome story to this blog. Plus, now I'm writing this update and its about 7:00. We did a lot today! Oh and I'll attach some photos of me and Mikey so you can see what we look like! Make sure to comment on this post or on the other post and ask questions. Have a good day everyone!

-Leo





Heres those Pictures I promised. They are the most recent ones!

Heres me:

That's Mikey:

Welcome to The Daily Dish!

Hello everyone!

My name is Leonardo, but you can call me Leo for short. I may seem very intelligent (seeing as I can use a keyboard) but in reality, I am no bigger than your whole arm! I am an almost two year old bearded dragon.  Now I'm just going to take a guess that quite a few of you don't know what that is, so I'm going to do you a favor by telling you. A bearded dragon is a very popular reptilian pet that is very personable and loving towards it's owner(s). We like to sit on people's shoulders, eat greens from your hand, take baths, and bask under our heat lights. Some people call us lazy, but I'd rather say we are just exhausted from keeping up with our crazy schedules! 

 Well now that you know what I am, I can tell you about me! I am a light yellow and white het witblit bearded dragon. For those of you who don't know much about beardies, a witblit is a bearded dragon that has very light coloring; whites, light yellows, creams, etc. and we are very even tempered. I have a very loving care taker, which my brother and I will call "G" on this blog. She is very sweet and I love her so much! Just between us, I think I'm the favorite! I like to relax in my baths on Sundays, sit on G's shoulder and talk to my brother through my screen lid. I don't get very stressed, except for when G is worried about something or when her brother comes in. I'll call him J. Why? because I'm not going to waste my time picking a letter from the alphabet just for him. He stresses me out real bad. I don't know why, but again, I'm not going to waste time on him. Anyway, I think now I'll pass it over to my brother. Can't wait to talk to you all later!

 Hey dudes.

My name is Mikey. Just Mikey. My real name is Michelangelo, but thats waaaay to hard to spell. So just call me Mikey. Okay? Good. Well I am an orange, yellow, and a little bit white citrus bearded dragon. I am almost three years old and I guarantee you that its been the best three years EVER! During the day I enjoy chatting with my little brother Leo.  I love to climb, jump, splash in baths, and I absolutely positively LOVE to eat. Mmmm, crickets............Sorry. I sat on the period button while thinking about delicious food. Anyway, onto something different. The nice girl that I'm calling "G"  will clean my cage, feed me, bathe me, and hold me.  She is very nice. Her little brother on the other hand brings me to a loss of words. I used to be his, but then he forgot to feed me, so I'm now G's. She would feed me when he forgot because she didn't want me to starve. LOL. It wouldn't have been a problem though because I would have found something to eat. In my spare time I like to walk around my terrarium and rub my nose on the glass. G says it looks like I'm dancing. Finally someone notices my talent! Well now you know about me! See ya next time dudes!

Hey everyone. Mikey decided I should close things out while he opens our cages again.  Well I hope you all found enjoyment in this little start to our blog. We'll try to post daily so you can hear about our beardie life. If you are a fellow beardie, I wanna go ahead and congratulate you on accessing a device you could use to read this. Nice job! Anyway, make sure to comment with your thoughts or with things you would want to hear about while being a beardie, and we can give you a shoutout plus answer any questions you have. Keep reading for daily posts and we'll see you all later! Bye!

-Leo and Mikey