Friday, November 9, 2007

All Gone?

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.

Thursday, November 8, 2007

They Don’t Do Mornings

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.

Wednesday, November 7, 2007

Saturday Morning

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.

Tuesday, November 6, 2007

Caption This #32

Here we have Benjamin the Executive.  He runs a tight ship.

Looking forward to your cations in the comments!

Monday, November 5, 2007

Perfect Weather

After a weekend of gorgeous weather and lots of outdoor activity, I have three very tired pugs on my hands.

We finally got our first taste of Fall here in FL and this weekend was perfect pug weather.  The pugs could get out and run and go on long walks and I didn’t have to worry about them getting overheated.  We kicked the air conditioning off and opened all the doors and windows and the pugs and Cupid had full run of the house and could go in and out from the screened in porch to the house as much as they pleased.  They just love having free run like that.

And the pugs all got baths on Sunday along with some toenail clipping.  They didn’t enjoy that quite as much as they did the good weather, but they sure do smell nice.

I hope everyone had a great weekend!

Friday, November 2, 2007

All Tuckered Out

After a hard day of trick or treating, the pugs were mighty tired.  They usually catch a little nap in the evenings, but on Halloween night there was no rest for the weary.  So, yesterday was a very quite day.  All I heard was the soothing sound of pug snoring.

Thursday, November 1, 2007

Trick or Treating

We went for our usual after work walk last night, but to Henry’s dismay we headed out the door in costume.  The boys and Luna were all dressed up and as we made our way through the neighborhood we stopped at a few of the houses in the neighborhood for some trick or treating.  When Henry realized what we were doing, he no longer seemed to care about his costume and he was a very happy boy.

They got a ton of treats, ranging from carrots to frosted mini wheats to Beggin’ Strips.  They loved it!

After the walk, it was time to man the door and hand out candy to the neighborhood kids.  The pugs like seeing all the kids dressed up, although they were a little bit barky as they were unsure as to why we had so many visitors last night.

All in all, it was a really good night.  I hope everyone had a great Halloween!