Big Snow, Little Dog

Wow! We got so much snow! I think it had to be a foot. It was over my head. I was lucky to have daddy home to shovel a "pee path" for me in the grass. This is me, standing in the area I am suppose to do my business. I would rather walk around, though. Time to explore!

This is the first real snowstorm I have experienced. Are they all like this? I am happy I have clothes to keep me warm. I sure do love my booties! I overheard mommy and daddy talking... "Do you think Gus needs a hat to go out in the snow?" mommy said. "Yeah, because what the dog needs is another article of clothing!" daddy responded, with a chuckle. They are silly. I do have alot of clothes, though. But no hat. Yet.

"Cheese!"

Mmmm...cookies

Mommy was so busy baking cookies today! All I could do was stare at the yummy treats. I could smell the peanut butter in them, but could not steal any because there was chocolate in them, and mommy said chocolate was bad for puppies. They sure do look yummy!

Trip to the store, I saw santa!!!

"Mommy can I help you with the grocery bags?"

Today was great! I went to Petco to see Santa! He was in a red suit and had a big beard. Well, first, this morning I called my cousin, Ally (3 1/2 years old)...

"Ally, Ally! Guess what??? I am going to see Santa today!" I told her over the phone. I did not expect the response I got.

"NNNooooooo!!!! I am going to see Santa today!" she cried. "How will I see Santa if he is up there?" (I live in MA, she lives in CT). At that point she handed the phone off to her mommy and I heard her crying.

"Ally, it's ok! Santa will come see you when he is done up here! I promise!" I tried my best...I am a pug...I forgot how the mind of a 3 year old human works. My mommy got on the phone and talked to Ally and made it all better.

So off to Petco. I was scared of Santa when I saw him. We were first in line and so we didn't have to wait. It took 3 tries to take my picture with santa. I would post it on here, but Santa seems to be a little low on technology and it is a poloroid, so it is not loadable to the internet. In the photo, I am sitting on the floor in front of him, not in his lap. I was quite the wiggle worm.

I saw mommy buy some treat-type items. We also picked out christmas gifts for the cats. We met lots of dogs and I got to play with some. It was fun!

We headed out to Stop and Shop on the way home. Mommy had to run in for a minute to grab some stuff. I guess she forgot about the bags from Petco in the backseat. They sat there in plain sight. I hoped right to the backseat and dove into the bag. By the time mommy got back to the car, I had the "surprise" christmas toys and treats all over the car.

"Mommy, can I help you with your bags?" I said, as I peered over the back seat.

"Gus, I think you did enough helping with the Petco bags. Thank you, though." mommy replied.

We drove home so mommy could spend the afternoon baking christmas cookies. Maybe I can help...

The hairbrush

BEEP! BEEP! BEEP!

The alarm clock kept going off and going off.

"Mommy...time to wake up" I said, in my usual pug fashion. She would not move. I then took it upon myself to wake her up in my own way.

I got up close to her. I sat on her head. She moved a bit but would not get up. I opened my mouth and grabbed a bunch of her hair. I pulled it.

"Gus! Don't pull mommy's hair!" I turn around. Busted! Daddy had just gotten out of the shower and saw me. I was so excited to see that he was still home I jumped around all over the bed, and all over mommy. I snorted, I sneezed, I landed right on her head! Just a little more hair pulling and she was up.

"yeah! mommy's up!"

"ok, Gus...I'm up!" mommy said. She was kinda grumpy. Maybe I should have put the coffee on before I started to jump all over her. "wanna go outside?" she asks

So off we go...out for a walk. It was cold. There is still ice covering the road. We went to the end of the road and I once again performed my magic trick...I turned the white snow yellow! I love to do that...it's like magic.

We head back to the house. We had such a nice walk I started to feel bad about pulling mommy's hair, so I headed upstairs into the bathroom and found her hairbrush. I brought it to where she was...

"Gus-alicious, what are you doing with my hairbrush?" she asks

"mommy, I felt bad about pulling your hair and thought I would fix it for you"

"Aw, Gus. You are such a sweet puppy. Thank you"

She picked me up and I spent the morning cuddling in her lap.

I love my family!

The Ice Storm

"Ohhhhh! It was so cold today!"

I woke up to ice everywhere! I did not like them at first, but I am sure glad grandma bought me some booties. I used to fight whenever mommy and daddy would put them on. They said I was funny to watch, because I hop around when I wear them. This was the first time I wore them outside in the ice. I LOVE THEM!!!!! My paws stayed toasty warm and dry. I even dragged mommy down to the end of the road. I think she wanted me to do my buisiness in the yard, but with my warm booties and all, I decided I would rather treck to the end of the street. She looked cold, but I was not. When we got back into the house she took off my shoes and put my PJ's on so I was comfy. I snuggled up with a teddy bear and took a nap. Later on in the day mommy was being very productive (I tell ya...it's all the coffee she drinks), I tried to help her wrap christmas gifts, but she would not let me help. I think I annoyed her a bit by walking all over the wrapping paper she had layed out on the floor. I was just trying to help...honest. I think the real reason I could not help is that some of the gifts are for me...I swear I smelled something good in the bag of presents. Possibly a new dingo bone???

King of the house

Yes...I am king of the house. While mommy and daddy sit in bed and read or do the crossword puzzle, I sneak in between them. I lay right in the middle with my head on the pillow and the blankets pulled right up to my puppy arms.
"Goodnight, Gus" They say
"Goodnight mommy and daddy" I say back
and they kiss me on my cheeks for a good nights sleep!