The Little Pack

After a day like today at work,  I am even more grateful for my zany little pack and the laughter and love they give so freely and unconditionally. Highlights of my day include:

1. Archie “helping” me make my lunch this morning. He was exasperating me by trying to get in the middle of everything so I gave him a piece of lettuce to occupy him and he began to purr super-loud (we call this purr-cooing) and rub his face on me. He was very excited for this exquisite “treasure.”
2. Dixie stealing my socks as soon as I took them off. The hamper is taller than her and she stood on her hind legs sniffing and circling the hamper trying to reach the exact pair I wore today. Although she could reach the pair I wore yesterday, those were not appealing enough. She began to woof. When I ignored her, she figured out to tug on the clothes that were underneath the socks so the socks fell down, enabling her to carry one around in her mouth and thereby inspiring me to chase her.
3. IO grabbing my wrist with her mouth so gently. So weird and sweet. She does this periodically after really missing you. It is like she is holding your hand in the only way she can.
4. Cheyenne deciding she wanted to play with toys tonight, even though she doesn’t really know how.
5. Seeing Jackson’s face in the window watching for me when I came home tonight.

Chey Upside Down

1.    Her snaggle-tooth when she is happy. Whenever I scratch her belly she gets the goofiest look on her face complete with this weird grin with at least a canine, if not half a mouthful of teeth showing.
2.    Before dinner when she sits and I pat her on the head, tell her she is a good girl and to eat her dinner, and she kisses my face as though to thank me. I cannot think of anything sweeter in the world.
3.    Victory laps around the house when we first get home. Hilarious to watch—she bounds about, kicking her back legs out straight behind her like a deer.
4.    The unbelievably soft fur between her ears.
5.    When she watches TV and thinks that she needs to defend our household from the lion or bear she sees in the “window.”

A side note regarding the picture above: Note the sock in the middle of the floor… Dixie loves to steal our socks and carry them throughout the house while we chase her and say “Gimme that!” so we now have socks strewn from one end of the house to the other and we can never find a matching pair!