when good parties go bad...

oh yes. yesterday was a very good day around here...lots & lots of cookie dough flying around the kitchen. some of it even on the floor. i did my very best to keep things clean on the dog level. i think mom appreciates that.

cookies falling from the baking sheet? yep...i'm on that one too.

i thought that was the best...but i was wrong. mid afternoon things took an amazing turn...mom started rifling around in the biscuit bag. i was all ears. & eyes. & slobbery mouth. we had already done the morning biscuit thing, so this was an unexpected treat. i thought, perhaps, that my extensive kitchen floor clean-up warranted a holiday bonus, but i was wrong.

mom didn't even notice my intent biscuit stare.

it was L.'s birthday & the biscuit was hers. all hers. hmmm.

mom turned it over to Little Man who did some very odd things to it. first...he drilled a hole in it. now, this is a perfectly good waste of biscuit dust. then he stuck a fire stick into it. what????all the while L. is lounging by the fire on her favorite downstairs rug (the one that matches *me*) paying no mind to these escapades. Big Bro applied a party hat to her head & *that* certainly got her attention.hey! i'll wear one if it means an extra biscuit!!... but, no one seemed to notice my eagerness. do you think they recall the last time when i chewed mine to bits?

anyhoo...party hat + burning stick thingy in the biscuit = confused L.she was not amused.she was not impressed.(i, however, needed to be restrained in the background.) mom, for fear of burning down the house, prompted team boyworld to remove the fire stick & let L. in peace for her birthday biscuit.i must admit, i was harboring just a bit of biscuit envy at that moment.even a piece would do.sadly, i sent the wrong signals. a certain boy confused my interest in the biscuit for interest in the fire stick.in case you cannot read facial expressions very well, the above one says, "mom, please put the camera down & help me." at least they extinguished the flame.

at this point i thought all was lost & my humiliation factor at an all-time high. not really so. team boyworld turned their attentions back to the birthday girl who was quietly enjoying her post-biscuit lounge by the fire.in the mess of things one of them retrieved another party hat...not for me. no. this is where the tide turned back in my favor. 2 party hats + 2 boys itching for Christmas break = poor L. first they had to adjust her hat.can dogs laugh? i believe i did. in my opinion, this is a very good look for her. let's call it L.'s winter collection! if you like it, i am very sure you will be impressed with what L.'s design team did next...nice huh??you should have been here. L. stood stock-still. i do not believe a filet would have moved her from that place. this was oh-so-much better than a biscuit for me. well, not really. but it was good!happy birthday L.!!!