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carmelitas

i made these carmelitas for work today and everyone went bonkers.  

that's the technical term.  

ma famillia de korea...i'll have these waiting for you with a glass of milk.

dressing the boys

i would really like to dress all the boys in polos. 

because little boys are so cute in polos.

meet pickles!

or whatever we end up calling him...

he is a one year old rat terrier mix who is super shy at first.

lindy and i got him through the south odgen animal shelter.  i'd started thinking about getting a dog and when i saw him on ksl i just wasn't able to consider any other dogs (i looked at a ton)! 

the shelter warned us that you don't know what you're getting with rescue dogs, he might not be house trained, etc....but...he has been awesome.  no accidents, no barking indoors, he responds to claps or dad-like buzzer sounds and is crate trained.  he is about 14 inches tall and 20 inches long.  he can walk/balance on his hind legs (he's done this best for lindy), catch doggie treats out of mid air and sat still in my lap for petting/cuddling during an entire movie.

sometimes i think he looks like a deer.  most of the time i think he has texas longhorn markings :)

i like him.  i still get really nervous if he tries to get close to my face (hold over from the mann's dog biting me!) and i've been using the lint roller :)

not sure if i'll rename him or not.  for now it's pickles.  lindy has called him pico, cornichon and a bunch of other hybrid names from pickles.  theordore roosevelt was given a rat terrier so we could call him something from that.  oh...and maybe gus gus.  because who doesn't like gus gus from cinderella?

most importantly i hope my niece and nephews like pickles!  i'll make sure he is super trained for them :)

it's inconceivable how much i love this boy and how excited i am to see him IN MARCH!

and his testing-the-waters/crocodile-tears :)

...i am also excited to she his parents, my parents the polly girl in washougal.