Tuesday, July 4, 2006

Happy 4th of July

Happy Independence Day!  Hope everyone has off work and can enjoy the day.  We got things kicked off last night by going to the beach.  Today we plan on going to a cookout and just spending some time hanging around the house with the boys and Luna.

Happy 4th of July!

Monday, July 3, 2006

Repeat Offender?

As the case against Benjamin, the Cheerio thief, builds new evidence has surfaced - a picture of Benjamin planning his next heist.  It seems the little guy really has a thing for Cheerios.

Friday, June 30, 2006

Pumpkin Bread

Saying that Benjamin loves pumpkin bread would be a huge understatement.  The boy goes crazy for pumpkin bread.  He can’t control himself.  He has even scratched at the oven door while the bread was baking!  And when the bread is cooling on the counter you pretty much have to take him out of the house because he will whine, bark, claw and scratch at the counter to get to the bread.

Whenever anyone has a slice you always have to cut a small sliver for Baby Benny, Henry and Luna.  Henry and Luna are very fond of pumpkin bread as well, but not in such a crazy way.

Once it is time for the bread to be put away, you need to be pretty creative.  If you just put the bread in the pantry or any other cabinet, Benjamin will spend all of his time whining and barking at the pumpkin bread.  The boy has a great nose and if the bread is anywhere in the kitchen he will find it!  So we have to resort to hiding the pumpkin bread in odd places around the house, like say in the guest room closet.  I’m just waiting for the day when someone comes over and opens a closet in my house and finds a loaf of pumpkin bread sitting in such an odd place.  It may take me awhile to explain that one.

Wednesday, June 28, 2006

The Cat’s Shadow

All the four legged creatures in the house have their favorite napping spots.  Occasionally, one of them will switch things up, but for the most part each one of them sticks to their tried and tested napping spot.

The cat’s favorite place to sleep is in a wicker basket on my desk.  She loves that basket and has even started sleeping in it when I am not in my office, which is extremely rare for her because she always likes to be in the same room as someone in the house.

The other day, Benjamin was sitting in my lap while I was working at my desk.  The cat was prowling around the house and her desktop basket was vacant.  In the blink of an eye, Benjamin leaped from my lap onto my desk and into the cat’s basket.  In a matter of seconds he settled and was ready to take a nap while I typed away at my desk.  The first thing I did was look for the cat.  If she saw Benjamin in her basket she would have a fit.  She couldn’t stand to have pug fur in her basket!  As luck would have it, I had another wicker basket.  I quickly grabbed it out of the closest and sat it on my desk next to the cat’s basket.  With a little coaxing, Benjamin made himself comfortable in his very own basket and while the cat wasn’t looking I brushed all of the dog germs out of her basket.  So now I have two wicker baskets on my desk.  Needless to say things sure are getting a little cramped.

I’m not really sure why, but Benjamin really likes to emulate whatever the cat does.  It is really sweet, but it drives the cat nuts.  She isn’t really interested in having a pug follow her around all day and nap in favorite sleeping spots.

Monday, June 26, 2006

Cuddle Buddy

Benjamin and Luna just love to cuddle with Henry.  Henry rarely naps alone because either Benjamin or Luna or both of them is snuggled up next to him.  Before we adopted Luna I just assumed that Benjamin always cuddled up with Henry because he was the only other pug.  But it has been interesting to see how Luna has bonded with him and how she seeks him out if there is no human lap available.

I think both Benjamin and Luna like to snuggle up to Henry because he is the largest of the three.  Also, he lays very still.  He doesn’t fidget and when he makes himself comfortable he is usually in that position for quite some time.  Also, it doesn’t bother him to have others laying on him.  You could pile anything on him and as long as he is comfortable he isn’t going to budge.

Way back, before adopting a third was even a thought, I snapped this picture of Benjamin and Henry napping.  As you can see, Benjamin is laying completely on top of Henry and Henry isn’t the least bit concerned.

Friday, June 23, 2006

Not Guilty

Not Guilty.  That was the plea that Benjamin entered the other morning when he was accused of stealing Cheerios out of my cereal bowl.  The only problem the pug faced was that there were witnesses that saw the little pug hop up on the kitchen chair and proceed to fill his chubby little cheeks with as many Cheerios as possible before someone realized what he was up to.

Sorry, Baby Benny, you were totally busted!  If your lucky and your play your cards right maybe we can work out some kind of plea bargain.

Wednesday, June 21, 2006

Crazy Face

This is not a very flattering picture of little Luna, but I had to post it anyway. If you rub Luna on both her shoulder blades at the same time she will make this face for you. This face always cracks me up and I often wonder how something could look so cute sometimes and then could look like this. The more I get to know her, the more I realize that this pug is just crazy, but I wouldn't have it any other way! I guess that is why she fits in so well around here!