Cesar Milan will love this one.

Okay, just kidding.  We didn’t have this doggie for dinner last night.  They were actually all pretty well behaved.  We had play and cuddle time in the man cave last night.   Newman woke me up at 3AM to go outside and then I took the others out one by one.  We all  went back to sleep until 8AM today.

As expected, Newman  knew his cousins were in our house and was eager to play from the get go.  I know he’ll be sad when they leave.  My hubby and I  will  give them the run of the house today ~ all day.  Fortunately, this house has been dog proofed.  It’s also the kind of house where they can run around the entire house in circles ~ and they  are doing just that.  Letting them be doggies!

There ARE moments of quiet!  They don’t last very long.

I could photograph Sammie all day and she’ll let me.  She is such a pretty dog.

Newman (my dog) is not territorial.  Or maybe he’s just a pacifist like his daddy.   He doesn’t fight and if one of the others take his toys, he’ll simply go find another one to play with.   I’m not sure about the dynamics.  Alls I know is that the little black one is the one whose running around and when he’s tired, everyone gets to rest.  His name is Puma..but he’s kind of like a little Napoleon (ooooh, that sounds like my old boss!!)

UPDATE:  7:56PM I think I may have myself  three tired doggies tonite!  They’ve been playing all afternoon nonstop and are tired out.  I’m amazed at how the littlest one is the alpha male in the pack.  Kinda cute to watch.  Newman is having a ball playing.  He’s so not the dominant one and is happy to share.   Puma (black miniature yorkipoo)  rules like a King and is everywhere!  Sammie (white Alaskan huskie) is very shy but was warming up to a neighbor kid earlier this afternoon.  She likes to stand beside me on her hind legs.  She’s the only girl.

Uhhhmm…my cake?  It was a flop     Something went wrong somewhere but ya know ~ there’s critters in my house and it’s just cake.   What’s important is that I still have my bag of Ghiradelli chocolates for tonite!  Friday night!!  Ya gots to love that!!

This one (Newman) is tired!

ORIGINAL POST:

I thought I’d be able to get some rest today but instead, I’m babysitting two dogs.  There’s simply no time to think of my coughing spell.  I guess that’s good medicine.  I walked all three a few minutes ago and came back with the leashes in a braid.  Not a good idea ~ must do this one dog at a time.  It’s a good thing it’s Friday and the hubby will be home to help me later.  My sneaky son asked me to babysit ONE dog..but brought TWO.  Hmmmm.  Well, the other one is so tiny that it really didn’t matter.   Welcome home for the weekend, Puma and Sammie!

So..since I am not resting, I decided to make Calvin’s special cake ~ remember THIS? – tweaked ingredients for his butter pound cake.  Here are some of the ingredients:

Uhmmm, okay. That’s all I’m allowed to say!  Lots of this and alot of that.  He made me swear not to give out the recipe.  I checked to see if there are other cakes with the exact measurements online and there were a few but it didn’t include the one item that makes this cake good.  Heavenly golden brown good.

It will be done in a few minutes.  After that, I’m going to keep these little buggers in their kennel and take a nap.  It’s the weekend and I want to see my little babyGrands and I need my cough/cold to be gone by then.