First of all, this is a face only a mother could love! Especially when she sees it at 4:00 am! On Thanksgiving morning I was awaken by a faint whimper coming from the laundry room. This Thanksgiving we are in a beautiful home in Palm Springs. This home, by the way, is no dogs allowed without a $1,000 deposit. Thinking our dogs are perfect, we don’t feel the need to inform anyone of their stay. Anyway, back to the faint whimper. I decide to go check on things as I can just imagine my dear Kooper snacking on some floor board. I stand at the door and hear nothing. I decide to go back to bed. Just as I reenter the REM sleep (you know the good kind of sleep where you start to dream) and I hear a loud bang. It appears that my walking back to bed and closing the door signaled to Kooper that someone was awake and surely wanted to play! After throwing himself into the wall and screaming a few times I decided to check in on the kids. As I open the door the two pugs dart down the hall, round the corner to the kitchen, and start wrestling. Someone forgot to tell them it was 4:00 am!!! After an accident in the master bed room earlier in the night, Scotty thinks we better take them out. I volunteered to do it, but Scotty did not feel comfortable with me walking around the gated/guarded community of Palm Springs alone! What a sweet guy! So after our walk we come home and as I have my head digging through the doggy bag for a treat, my husband has disappeared. Although he promised we would do this together, he was not able to maintain his stamina and he went back to bed! I, on the other hand, stayed up and did homework. Each room was visited by the pugs that morning as everyone slept without a bother. Just when I thought I might have been hearing that all important clock ticking– it just became very quiet!