Hailey is spending the night with me tonight because Dad is in Whistler and Mom is at a performance in Seattle. We've had a great time....here are a couple of photos that capture just some of the excitement!

After mom left, we took a walk up to the mailbox to get the mail. That was at least a 30 minute excursion, with Yogi spending most of the time wrestling and showing off with his leash. (no photos....due to no extra hands!)

Stubbs got a special feeding from Hailey. She knows where we store his food, so she kept going back for more to put in his bowl. He was a bit nervous with all the extra (and very close) attention, but this didn't stop him from eating everything (whether it made it into his bowl or not). You can see that Yogi is ON THE OUTSIDE during this exchange. He is not very happy about it!

Later Hailey redeems herself with Yogi by throwing parts (or most) of her dinner at him. He wonders if she might eventually grow to be an acceptable member of his family. Then we watched Finding Nemo; read some books; danced and ran around the kitchen island. Yogi found it all a bit boring and slightly confusing. At some point she decides that he is going to be her horse -- he accepts this fate with calm resignation.

Finally bed time with an hour of book reading, singing and general wiggling around until exhaustion hits. I expect to have a fitful night's sleep hanging off the edge of the bed!

Mom will come to pick her up in the morning at 7:30 as I have to head to Seattle for meetings. There is little hope I can clean her of all the dog and cat hair before Stephanie arrives. Oh well, I think she's had a good time.