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Game Time

We were out in the yard minding our own business, playing with the grass and wondering if the rain was coming back.

Suddenly Sydney launched herself off the back stoop, where she had been lazily watching us, and plopped herself down next to Maggie.

Since Maggie is almost an expert at sitting on her own, it seemed fitting that Syd felt the need to saddle up to the Cutie Patootie.

Naturally, if you’re a Pug and a tiny human that you are next to picks up a blade of grass, the only thing to do is to become instantly interested in said blade of grass.

Really, really interested.

Then, if you are a Pug and want to get a game going with an Expert Cutie Patootie, then start doing hot laps around her and see if she’ll catch on.

See what I have to deal with around here.

Jeesh.

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Sydney and Maggie: An Update

Maggie and Syd are slowly becoming friends, but we wonder if their friendship will be short-lived since Maggie has yet to learn the art of petting Sydney without grabbing and tugging. At this point, Syd is constant entertainment for Maggie and for the most part Sydney is willing to go along with Maggie’s sudden interest.

What Maggie hasn’t figured out yet is that Sydney does not like getting woken up. At all. If Maggie is too rough or too loud, Sydney just quietly gets up and walks away.

And we’re stuck with an upset baby on our hands. Thanks, Syd.

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Westport

We went to Westport this past weekend four our second camping trip of the summer. It is crazy to think that mid August we’re just logging our second camping trip, but at the same time having a 4 month old and doing our second camping trip of the season seems monumental in its own right.

We met up with Brian, Darcy, Chach, Brian, Marc and Lara….it was confusing with both the Brians.  Sydney typically loves the beach, but I think that Ruger’s enthusiastic charm made her a bit gun shy.

We had Beer Butt Chicken, Beer pancakes and I think some non-nursing people had just plain old beer. Thanks to Brian P. who did almost all the cooking! Barry, Brian M. and Darcy did a bit of surfing and the rest of us relaxed in the sunny weather and watched Ruger and Brian P. splash around in the waves.

Brian and Chaya showed up with the largest tent I’ve ever seen in my entire life. It is bigger than a circus tent. At one point I was in there with Lara, Thomas, Maggie, Ruger’s Costco sized dog bed, a queen air mattress, two camping chairs, and at least 6 huge Tupperware containers. Plus, there was still room to walk around. No longer do we call our tent The Mansion.

Coming home we got stuck in traffic and saw a ton of motorcycle riders heading South by the Tacoma Dome. Police officers had closed off the ramps on to I-5, so the only thing on the freeway were motorcycles. It was pretty astounding, but neither of us heard what it was about.  We think our traffic jam was because the people in our lane were rubber necking.

All in all, it was a successful second camping trip. Since Maggie loves being outside so much it makes it easier to go.

Quite honestly, I think this trip made us wonder if we need to step it up in the tent department. Either that, or we need to seriously look into a motor home. Next year, people, next year. You want to come camping with us? We’ve got a cute baby, a chubby dog and apparently a smallish tent.