How to tell if it's been raining all day

You come home to muddy footprints on your floors. Your dog is chasing his tail in the middle of the living room (at 3 years old!). You have toys dumped in your lap every time you sit down. Small furry noses intrude into any activity you attempt to do below waist level. AND the dog runs past you at warp speed carrying his latest treasure - your dustpan! (All the while watching you out of the corner of his eye to see if this latest gambet will convince you to play 'keep away'!)

"da Boys" holding the bed down, as usual"

Midas in the midst of chaos - what a surprise! I can't blame this chaos on him as I created most of it...(sigh)

It used to seem like such a BIG bed too...

Mr. T, (aka T-Whilliker) poised for action

Squeezing into his favorite chair

Sleeping beauty!

T is SO sleepy - if only I had just settled down so he could catch up on his napping! 

Midas - entertaining himself...

Our weather turned cooler last week and the boys gained a huge burst of energy. Last Thursday night, Midas couldn't settle down. He wasn't being difficult by staying up playing with T or being destructive, but he was restless, going from place to place every 15 or 20 minutes.

After I'd been asleep for about an hour a strange noise woke me up. I was sleeping so well and was so relaxed that I fought waking up, but finally realized I just HAD to know what was going on. I sat up, flipped on the light and looked over to see Midas, just as he re-emerged from my dresser drawer with my pajamas dangling from his mouth. At his feet was a small pile of the clothing he'd already neatly removed.

As I gaped, he glared and I could see his thoughts as clearly as if he could speak. "WHAT?! I'm not making noise, I'm not tearing them up... and I'm BORED..." LOL What to do?

Play time has BEGUN!!! 

The ever popular "I bites you, you bites me" game ! 

Time out for a scratch 

As you can see, the pillow has been a past victim of many play sessions 

Playing from a position of power! 

Priscilla will recognize this pose -  

T waiting for me to put down the camera and come back to bed... 

Every dog needs a pillow for his head -  

Bedtime at my house 

Midas taking a nap 

Mr T saying "hello" 

I had a big sewing project to work on and the guys would like to show you how they keep busy when I'm working in the sewing room. 

Midas knows I'm going to be busy for a while and cuddles up to the loveseat for a good snooze. 

"Are you done yet?" "Can we play now? 

T, waiting for me to do something interesting. 

Midas catching up on his zzz's while I sew. 

Midas is so glad the loveseat came with these 'headrests'.  

He got tired of sleeping at one end, so Midas switched to the other end... 

T's version of the "sofa" pose 

Popular sofa pose 

Mr T showing off his physique