2!

This Friday Zuzu will be 2!  

In honor of her birthday Charlotte has designed a cake (for the human celebration).  As you can see, the back and front edges of the cake are shaped like dog bones.  Atop the cake is a glorious sculpture of Zuzu made out of foam and covered with fondant.  It's a technique she has learned from watching 50 episodes of Ace of Cakes - perhaps the greatest show on television.

And for the doggie's celebration - a layer cake of yogurt and peanut butter cake with sweet potato flavored icing. The bones on top are dog treats, chicken and cheese flavored - her fave.

Now all we have to do is make them!

why?

humans are just silly...

I'll admit that I do love to dress up my dog - in fact I've just knit her another sweater.  But people. Or should I say - Dog People!

All credit for the photos to the LA Times for their gorgeous coverage of the Westminster Dog Show.  Now that it's over I'm sure all of the contestants will be quite relieved to return to their little doggie lives.

big girl sweater

Poor schnuksie really doesn't like to be outside when it's cold.  She makes lots of very loud snorty sounds when I put her in a sweater, but the truth is, an extra layer really does make going outdoors much more tolerable.

Now she runs under the bushes to do her business....

And then she'll stay outside to find a nice loooooong stick,

 chew it for a whole minute,

run it up the stairs

 chew it to pieces.

and stare at the door until mama lets her in.