Duke here . . .

Hey there! Duke here with an update.

Mom is taking a nap again and I'm looking around for things to do.

I'm so helpful.

I found mommy's tape measure yesterday, it's a little spool thing.

I don't know how she figured out that I had it - it was hidden in my mouth,

but she got a cookie, and I couldn't take it unless I opened my mouth - what a

dilemma! Finally, I opened up just a little and the tape measure fell out!

But I did get the cookie.

Here I am brushing my teeth!

. . . with mommy's toothbrush.

One of my jobs is to guard the house!

So, If I hear anything, I have to bark. The last two days something has

been prowling around at dawn. A cat! It sits and looks at me!

I bark and bark!

Finally, mommy gets up and I jump into her bed. It's toasty.

Sunny gets in too! She never got on the bed before, I'm teaching her

lots of new things. We like each other!

I really have so much to do around here, that I'm pretty tired

at the end of the day. Mommy thinks I have

"calmed down" a lot.

Love, The Duke