My mom is a good baker. This is a cake she made for our friend Sierra.

Mom even made little bees out of fondant to decorate the cake. And the bees… they were smiling.

But then my mom left the cover off the back of the CR-V. And I couldn’t restrain myself. I licked the icing off of half the cake.

Mom was pretty upset. She went into the grocery store and bought another cake. But when we got to the party, not a single guest turned their nose up. They just said to cut off the part where I Iicked and then everyone asked for a piece of the beehive cake!!!

Mom felt terrible for not closing the back of the car. But I felt even worse. I was the only one (human, pet, and otherwise) to pop at this birthday party. I am all better now though and I will probably still eat cake if it is left unattended.

Today was a bath night, although mom sprung it on me kind of ninja-like. Here I thought she was cradling me like a baby, petting my tummy. The next thing I know-BAM!-I’m in the bathtub. There are at least three good things that come out of getting a bath. One is that I am not so itchy anymore. The other is the overwhelming “good girl” and treats I get. The last is laying in bed on my pillow chewing a delicious compressed rawhide bone. Yum!

Usually I love going out to the winery. I find a nice sunny spot where I can rest. I will lay flat on the blacktop driveway when it has been warmed from the sun. But this weekend was COLD. And my mom did a terrible job of keeping me warm. She didn’t even have a sweater for me! I hope that lesson has been learned.

We are fast approaching my one year anniversary with my mom and dad. And my mom has been noticing some new tendencies. For one, when you scratch the right spot, my leg kicks. Secondly, I play now. Here I am with my lamb. Just squeaking away. I think it really makes my mom happy!

We have this ritual. When my mom or dad come home, I grab the nearest bone and start making this super funny whining sound. My whole body works to shake my tail as vigorously as possible. I spin circles around legs, hands, tables, chairs. It is the most excited I am all day. And this is what I look like when my mom dangles the bone just above the camera:

Because mom is so busy at work, I have been staying with my dad. When I am with him, I spend a lot more time out of my little apartment. I don’t know if this is good or bad. I am generally more needy once I have been staying with dad. I guess my parents are going to have to work with me on my self-confidence.

Lately I have taken to sitting on my mom’s dirty clothes and whining for her. I can’t wait for her to have a normal work schedule again.

My mom laid down and I was curled up in the crook of her leg before she could even get the blanket over herself. These past few days have been awesome. My mom was here visiting my dad for 4 nights and that meant 4 days with both of them! Fortunately, they are generous with the snuggled.

Well I am going to be MIA this week. I am in Santa Rosa with my dad, chilling out at the winery and getting to be the bad ass side-kick that I was always meant to be. My mom and dad are going to be busy working their butts off this week so I don’t think they are going to be able to find the time to log me into the computer.

Have a great week! And you will see me soon.

There are few things I love more than going to the winery with dad. There are always lots of sunny places to lay and new smells to examine. If the weather is too hot, I can always lay out in the cave to keep cool. On this particular day I was keeping an eye on some zinfandel fermentations for my dad.
Don’t worry dad! They are going GREAT!

Happy birthday mom! Let’s go to bed early and snuggle.