Been Awhile...

It turns out that being "puppy parents" is a lot of work! Ruby has been enjoying her rides to school and working in the library. Over the weekend, we left her alone for her first time. She did just fine. We've got a giant crate in the backyard that she's becoming more comfortable in. Her days in the laundry basket are numbered! On Saturday, Ruby got a bath out back in our pila, or outdoor concrete sink. All of us had fun!


As she's getting more comfortable with us, she's also getting braver and a little rowdier. Tonight, she was so good and calm in the backyard, I let her in the house while I was cleaning the kitchen. In a matter of 3 minutes, she had torn a leaf off a plant and shredded it, pulled a blanket of the couch and dragged it all around the house, and attacked her own tail. When she finally caught her tail, she started chomping and chewing on it like it was a squeaky toy. I tried to catch her to make her go outside, but she just kept running away from me. When I finally caught her and carried her outside and put her (not too gently) on the ground, she lay down and went to sleep. She's been sleeping for an hour now. Puppies!

Tom is taking a nap now. Naptime after school is a regular occurrence in our house- the puppy, the kids at school and the weather really wear us out - it's still 85 degrees every day when we come home! I think we're going to play Scrabble tonight. Tom is really good at Trivial Pursuit- I can't compete. But, I'm the reigning Scrabble champ in this house.