Late for a very important date and Zuzu the smiling dog...

I was hoping Zuzu would do her breakfast dance for you, which involves leaping up from the floor, banking all fours on the bed to lunge out the door where she spins on the carpet in the foyer and jumps around until I pour kibble in her bowl. Instead, she felt compelled to smile for the camera, and sneeze. Her predecessor 'Checkers' used to speak sneeze. He would sneeze, then I would make a sneezy noise back, then he would sneeze longer. This interchange would continue until both of us were shaking our heads and 'chooing' through drooling jowls.

I overslept today. (Note to self: When changing the alarm clock feature on your telephone, always hit   'save.' ) Part of the reason Zuzu didn't do her full breakfast dance is that I had to rush out the door and  didn't feed her until I got home. She was confused as to whether to do the 'breakfast dance' or the 'yay!! you're hoooooome!!' dance. Between that and the video camera going I completely threw off her timing. 

If you come to our house, she and Charlotte, and occasionally Chloe, will wrestle for you (if not with you, or on you. )  Sit in our living room and they wrestle on the rug in the foyer. Rest your behind in our family room and they wrestle on the carpet i call "World Wrestling Federation." The rink is nestled in the middle of our sectional couch, providing ample front row seating for their performance where the dogs can enjoy your undivided attention. Refreshments are often served, but then their attention gets divided.

This morning, unfortunately,  I could not give the poor puppies any attention, divided or not. I rushed out the door with no make-up on and crazy hair. I then proceeded to get lost on my way to the school causing me greater distress and whispered expletives. I kept envisioning the students dolefully looking at the clock and sighing "I bet she's not going to come."  To my surprise they had already made a huge new batch of bottles! I can't get over how this project brings so much joy. Other teachers stopped in oooing and ahhhhhing. The students took my need to make 1,000 ornaments to heart and gave me the head start I needed.  The pieces they made are fabulous! Thank you Mrs. Markam's class and all the helpers that pitched in to make the project work (and dealt with the glitter/paint aftermath of my visit.)

Voila! Some of our finished ornaments.