Home. Again.

Like many other puppies...okay, like most other puppies...we have been working from home for the last couple of months. We hate to say it, but it's been great for us! Our mama is home every day and nearly all the time every day, and we get to go for more walks than we ever did before. And, since our mama is eating her dinner here almost every night, we get all kinds of special food at night: french fries and yummy chicken and some Thai noodles and even a small amount of shrimp (which - for the record - we didn't like so much).

It's been a crazy many weeks for us, and there's something that we have not even talked about: we have moved from the house that had a few small steps inside to one that has lots of steps. It took us a while to figure out how to climb the stairs of our new home so that we could get from our lounging room to our bedroom (Izzi figured it out pretty quickly; Rozi just figured it out a week ago). It's a lot more exercise than we were used to, but it's all good. We are turning into lean (Rozi only) mean (Izzi only) fighting machines (both of us).

We really love our new place, since we get to sit by the fireplace when it gets cold outside (and even though it's May, it's been a little chilly some nights). The fireplace is (pardon the irony) cool, since it's glass on three sides so we can choose where we want to plop. Of course, our favorite place to crash is on our blue blanket, but still it's nice to have a warm fire to sit by.

We also are going for oh so many walks now. At our other home, our mama would put our leashes on us (we don't really need them, but we like to make her feel like she's in control) and go out the back door, past the door of the evil dog and its evil mama, down the hall, onto the rubber floor, down the steps, through the gate to the street. Then, we'd walk around the place that mama called the "rat house" so that we could stretch and do whatever we needed, and then we'd walk a little more to the place mama called the "library". It was nice but it was a little - um - urban for us.

Now, we walk out of our house down a pretty path and through a gate, and then we trot along the street until we get to our river. We love walking along the river (don't worry; we don't fall in) and then through a pretty little green area that right now is full of pine cones (watch out! don't step on one!). We like this very much since we get to be among trees and water and even a few other puppies. It's a fun walk and we do it every morning (or, at least the ones that aren't raining!).

And, it seems like our mama has a little more time at home and so Rozi gets to go for nice long walks with her, so that the two of them get to explore the neighborhood while Izzi stays home and relaxes. And, cries. And, whines a little.

Now, when our mama puts on a mask, we know that she's going outside and we know that maybe we will get to go with her. Sure, it doesn't always happen (cue the whining and crying) but a lot of the time we do get to go outside with her. For now, it's time to just relax and enjoy the oncoming "unofficial start of the summer" and maybe we'll get to go for a walk.

Arf, arf, arf, yip,

Izzi & Rozi