Summer nights....

Summer has officially arrived!  and with it, long lazy evenings on the deck, snuggled up on the pugs' fave lounge chair.  

Cleo always manages to find the comfiest spot.

Now that Miss Deedee is officially an adult (5 years old!), she also seems to better appreciate the joy of sitting still and contemplating her lucky life.  

look carefully and you can see the grey hairs on her chinny chin chin

One thing the pugs do NOT get to enjoy with me are my mojitos.  

mama u never feed us

Lazy afternoon

Now that the days are a bit longer and stretch well into the evening, the pugs have proved themselves again to be excellent lounging companions.  If you can use the quality 'unconscious' as a pre-requisite for 'excellent'.

mama do not forget to wake us for dinner

Tummy time

As I alluded to before, the pug-cousins, Bunni and Rikki, handled the arrival of their new fur-less brother with grace.  and patience.  and tolerance.  and a little bit of shrill, uncontrollable barking when the baby decided to engage in Level 5 screaming.

ever adept at creating a position for themselves on a lap, no matter who or how many occupants there are

Rikki is still as brazen about demanding her belly rubs, as ever.  Albeit perhaps a bit confused as to the function of the diaper-changing mat.

do i need to be changed, too? 

Rikki has shown great interest in participating in and supporting Giblet during Tummy Time.

see, when u put ur head down like this make sure you look cute and pathetic

i'm worried this fur-less brother of mine will not be able to lift his enormous head

Pugs are truly amazing.  Their capacity to give and receive love is just boundless.

Happy Birthday, Deedee!

Technically, the puglet's birthday was yesterday but I'm a bit late in posting.  As a matter of fact, we almost forgot (AGAIN).  Luckily I remembered just as I was passing the girls' fave doggie store so that I could pick up some birthday cookies.

The cake is for the birthday pug, obvy, and of course we couldn't not give the other pug something, too

Deedee may or may not have also gotten her fill of her latest fave garden snack -- strawberries!

Note the nearly stripped bare strawberry plant in the background

Happy 5th birthday, my little girl.

it's a pug-celebration!

How big does a lap need to be?

Only large enough to fit as many pugs as want to be there.  Cleo always wants to be in a lap.  Sometimes she's not that choosy about whose.  Small children half her size have been given the honor, much to the parents' chagrin.

Deedee then needs to be where Cleo is.  Luckily in this particular instance, it is an adult-sized lap.

pay attention to me, too

**urk** 

I'm not sure this is what dada had in mind when he sat down to do some work, girls.

Napping beauties

Or, napping buddies, as the case may be.  Truly, wherever Cleo is, Deedee has to follow.

mama there is something attached to my bum

and her name is deedee

I cannot possibly fathom how this is comfortable.

Cleo's shadow

In a rare moment, Cleo settles into a good resting spot from which to contemplate her life.  Sun streaming in through the window washes over her thoughtful mien and casts a long shadow behind her.

i am existential pug

hm.  Cleo's shadow appears to have bulked up a bit.

Best spot to nap

Trust a pug to always be able to find the best spot to rest her sleepy head.  Cleo, who spends 99% of her day either sleeping or thinking about it, is the most reliable.

i like the sun to gently warm my fur during a nap

mustn't neglect the belly

mama i think i can still feel that pea

Happy Easter!

So much excitement in this house for one weekend -- first Cleo's 11th birthday, and now it's Easter!  Although I'm guessing the pugs don't know what day it is, they just know that it's yet another day on which we dress them up and give them treats.

I couldn't resist these bunny ears.  The pugs couldn't either -- they were unable to shake them off.  And they may have had some incentive to keep them on.

with what is Deedee so enraptured?

CARROT!!!!

Carrots for the Easter bunnies :)

Happy Birthday!

For once in a long while, we actually remembered a birthday sooner than the day afterwards.  Miss Cleo turned 11 years old today.  Our little perma-pup is herself a senior pug now.

birthday cookies! ok, so really they're easter-themed, but that's all they had.

Cleo is super-excited to eat her bunny cookie

Deedee would really really really like to eat her cupcake cookie now, please

For once in her life, Cleo takes just the cookie and not the cookie AND the hand

What this picture fails to capture is the true joy emanating from this pug

What THIS picture fails to capture is the holy mess both pugs made of the floors in our kitchen, dining and living rooms