Perhaps a few of you have been wondering what the puppies have been up to this summer.
I’ll tell you.
No good.
Here’s Piper.
Her hobbies include jumping vertically outside the kitchen windows in the morning to make sure I remember she exists while I try to enjoy my morning coffee, barking incessantly at anything that even dares to move in the vicinity of our backyard, and getting stuck under Caroline’s bed and whining until I pull her out.
She is also a big fan of Scout who we now refer to as Grandpa.
Every morning she greets him as if she’s never seen him before and runs around him in circles while he tries to maintain some dignity as he goes to the bathroom. It kind of reminds me of when Caroline was a toddler. I feel Scout’s pain.
And here’s Mabel.
She enjoys never posing for a picture, chewing incessantly on various cow hooves, growling at anyone who looks at her wrong and dragging you down the block when you take her for a walk.
The other day Piper ran into Caroline’s playroom when the door was open and came out with a ball of yarn she proceeded to destroy. And I felt like Mabel got a little judgmental and self-righteous about it.
Ball of yarn from Big Mama on Vimeo.
But pride goes before a fall because yesterday the tile for Caroline’s bathroom was delivered and P and I made the mistake of thinking we could stack the boxes on the back porch only to discover Mabel had other plans.
Mabel tried to play possum and look all innocent, but she was laying on a piece of cardboard that gave her away. Of course any of us would be exhausted after ripping three cardboard boxes to shreds in addition to gnawing away the wood frame of the back door and leaving muddy paw prints as an homage to the giant hole you dug in the yard earlier.
That’s right. I’m talking about you, sister.
It’s a good thing they look so cute when they curl up and sleep next to each other.
Consider this your public service announcement in case you’re considering adding a new puppy to your family.