Wordless Wednesday 7/28 -- No Trained Monkey Business Here

Answering A Few Questions...

Bunny here, answering a few questions that were asked this week.

Several hounds asked what the Swedish chocolate tasted like.  Alas, it does not taste like steak or cheese!  It tastes sweet and has a smell that makes my nose drool.  You can taste the yogurt in it, too.  I think there should be a holiday every year called Give Your Dog A Taste Of Chocolate Day!  Shiney, you're my hero, Chocolate Swede!

Also, some hounds and humans asked about the sock monkey hat.  We girls have sock monkey collars on the way, but they haven't arrived yet.  Mom is shy about modeling, but Dad did take a good picture of us together when she was wearing the hat.  I might try to get her to pose with me when my collar arrives.  Even Dad has his own sock monkey hat.  There are several places to order them, but this one was very fast had both girl and boy colors and mittens as well as hats.

We have no plans to keep baby Emery.  I would enjoy keeping him, but I'm not sure Lilac would like it quite as much.  He is great fun, though, and I enjoy going over to his house to play with him.  When I was a puppy, there was a little boy and girl who played with me a lot, and I know how to behave with them.  I rather like being the center of the universe here, though!

Hopefully I answered all the questions we were asked this week, but if I missed one, let me know and I will get you an answer!

The Mad Hatter

I'll start this story by saying that I teach PreK for those who don't know.  Sometimes this leads me to some fun things that I otherwise would not find.  Recently, one of the little girls in my class wore a hat of her mom's to school because they couldn't find hers as they were trying to get out the door and on their way to school and work.  It was the cutest winter hat I have ever seen.  It was a sock monkey hat.  I decided that I'd really like to have one of my own, so when I got home from work, I looked online and found that there are a lot of options for sock monkey hats, including my favorite color -- pink!  You could also order matching mittens.  Since it is pretty darned cold outside in the winter at recess and bus time, I decided to just order some and be done with it.

That's all well and good, I'm sure you all are thinking.  I thought so, too.  Finally, Saturday morning, the package arrived in the mail.  Curiously, I peered into the package as I opened it.  There, in all it's bright pink glory it was!  I pulled it out and I have to say, I did not have any buyer's remorse.  It's darned cute and the height of PreK fashion. 

Apparently, it's not just the height of PreK fashion, either.  Bunny and Blueberry are obsessed with my hat and mittens.  They are usually pretty calm, but they were like wild dingos or wolves, circling me and my new stuff as I sat on the couch.  I didn't like the looks in their eyes.

Me:  Back off, girls!  It's mine!

Bunny:  (staring intently, not at me, but at the hat)  If you say so...

Blueberry:  (licking her chops as she nearly drools)  There's one of you and two of us!  We'll just see!

Me:  That's it!  I'm putting these up!

I got up and went to the kitchen to put the hat and mittens in my coat pockets.  The girls circled the table, eyeballing the mittens on the table as I stuffed the hat into my pocket.  After finally getting that done, I stuffed the mittens in the correct pockets, making sure I got them in there all the way.  Darned if the girls didn't keep stalking my coat for about five minutes before their instinct to nap took over.

I ordered them their own sock monkey collars which hopefully will satisfy them, but I'm not holding my breath.  I guess you just never know what things will become a hot fashion trend!

Going for walks could get very interesting around here!