Last Sunday afternoon we went to the beach. It had been a while since the boys and Luna had been to the beach so as soon as we got close they got very excited. Once there, the pugs ran around like crazy, running in an out of the water with sand flying from their feet.
Henry is in the lead here and is making a sharp left to avoid being pummeled by Luna and Benjamin.
Luna just loves to strut her stuff on the beach.
And one of the few moments when Benjamin was standing still.
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For the boys & Luna the weekend was one big celebration. We made a special point to get some pumpkin bread and on Sunday afternoon we went to the beach. Plenty of photos and a little video of them enjoying their pumpkin bread to follow later in the week.
I have been burning a pumpkin pie candle while I work the last few days and Benjamin has been a little perplexed. It seems he can not wrap his head around the concept of candles. The question he has been pondering the last few days, “How can it smell like pumpkin bread, but there be no pumpkin bread?” His conclusion is that it is totally inconceivable and that I must have hidden the pumpkin bread somewhere in the house. Poor Benny.
Its funny how things change. Up until about 6 months ago, I only had two pugs on my hands that were not early birds - Henry & Luna. But now I have 3!
As soon, as we get out of bed in the morning, Luna hops off the bed and goes to her crate. It’s there that she does some of her best sleeping. She comes out briefly to get a bite of banana at breakfast, but then she immediately returns and doesn’t get up and join me in my office until 9:30 or 10:00 in the morning. Even then she just, retreats to her favorite napping spot near my office door where she can nap and sun herself.
I think she spends the morning hours sleeping in her crate because she feels safe and secure there and she doesn’t have to pretend to be involved in what is going on. She is sleeping and if you need her you will just have to wait until she stirs.
Henry is just as much as a sleepy head, except that he remains in bed even after we get up. He just makes himself more comfortable. When the bed gets made, Henry does his morning stretch and then we pick him up and put him somewhere comfy in the living room.
Up until 6 months ago, Benjamin was the only early bird in the family. When the alarm would go off he would bounce out of bed, ready to get his day started. He would entertain himself with a bone or toy while I showered and he was always there to help me pour the Cheerios. But recently, when the alarm goes off, Benny does not stir. We get out of bed and Benny joins his brother in making himself more comfortable. When it comes time to make the bed, Benny doesn’t budge and he has started to give us the patented Henry stretch before we transport him off to a cozy spot in the living room.
It seems Benjamin tried out Henry’s morning routine once and decided that he liked Henry’s way much better.
This was the scene Saturday morning while we ate breakfast on the lanai and enjoyed the beautiful weather. Luna and Henry are on the lanai and Benjamin was in the yard, directly behind them. It was a great start to a great day. Things like this are reason #106 on why I wish everyday was Saturday.
