Indiana Pugs and the Party of Fun...part 2

Hi everyone, here's the second half of the story (or sequel, if you will) about the crazy fun Saturday in Indianapolis!  So I finished part 1 just as we (Salinger, Tiffy, and I) left Three Dog Bakery and headed to a party...a birthday party to be exact.  It was Ellie's 1st birthday!  You probably know her from The Pugs Strike Back.

Ellie, the birthday girl!

Oh, my pug!  Is she not the cutest thing ever?  Anyway, as soon as we arrived at The Pug Posse's house, I could not believe my eyes.  There were about 20 pugs (+/- 3) in the house!  I'm not exactly a social butterfly so my parents were glad they brought treats to distract me while all of the pugs introduced themselves and said hello.  And of course, I was totally into the freeze dried blueberries, but after a while I actually wanted to explore and see what other kind of food I could find for myself, so I was off!

Get out of my way there are food stuffs to be had, I smell it!

So many new people to try my begging skills on!  And so many great pugs to meet!  I really can't say enough about how nice everyone was!  There was Ellie's brothers, Brutus and Yoda, and Apollo...

left to right:  Tiffy (in the pretty dress), Brutus, Yoda, Apollo, and Ellie

And there was Princess Mia, so cute standing in between two of the men (I think that's Gampy on the left and Ellie's dad on the right)!



Mia

Poor Salinger, he is like me and not very social, but unlike me, food isn't a high motivator (weird I know), so he wasn't thrilled at all the chaos.  He stuck close to those that would protect him.


"Thanks Gampy, please let me know if any pugs come close."

I, on the other hand, was all over the place taking every opportunity to check on the food situation.  My mom and dad were so surprised and impressed on how I seemed not to be the least bit nervous with all of these pugs.

Please, please give me some of what you are having, Ellie's mom!

But soon, another friend showed up...one I had met before...a boy pug.  So I quickly asked Tiffy to help me out and distract my protective Gampy.  Which wasn't all that hard, he quickly got a reputation for giving the best scratches and every pug seemed to stop by for some lovin' at one point or another.

"Hey, I'm with Gampy now...wait your turn."

So who was this boy that came to party and spend some one-on-one time with me?  Yep, it's Hank!  You may recall that I met Hank over at Vito and Vinny's place for a small St. Louis Party just this summer.



me and Hank

We spent some time on the couch getting to know each other better (with my dad supervising) and then we went outside trying to get some alone time, but mom was there with the camera again!

Where is that good smell at, Hank?

We decided to head back inside, and Hank sang to me and told my parents that they were getting in the way of a proper date!  (I think he might have also mentioned something about wanting a few nibbles from their plate too!) 

Aww, mom..isn't he so sweet!

Not only were my 'rents following us around, but my mom turned down a wonderful Flossie gift from Hank! I know, the nerve! So my teeth would break, big deal!  It's Hank's favorite and he was so nice to think of me. Parents just don't understand!

Well, soon it was getting late and we still had more adventuring to do, so before we said goodbye to every pug and their peeps, I took a potty break outside.  Salinger took the opportunity to "get away" and followed us outside.  At this point everyone was inside so it was just me, Salinger, and my parents.  It was totally dark out, and to my parents' amazement (and probably even Sal's too), my friend shot out ahead of me to guide my path and came back to check on me two or three times.  Can you all believe it?  And I don't even remember telling him about how my eyesight is so bad!  What a great friend!  Thanks, dude!  When my mom was saying thank you, Sal's mom snagged this great shot of the two of them!

Salinger and mom

So after saying goodbye, we hit the road and headed to Springville (just south of Bloomington) to visit my Gampy's relatives (cousins, sister, and brother and their families).  Mom was just too tired to remember to take any pictures, so we don't have any to share from Sunday.  Guess I'm going to have to learn how to do that now...

Well, it was a great weekend!  We can't thank Salinger's peeps enough for entertaining us in the afternoon, Ellie for the invitation, and last, but definitely not least, The Pug Posse and peeps for hosting a great party with lots of good food!

Love,
Payton

PS.  I hope you all got to see the slideshow of Salinger from my last post...I'm not sure why it's not available...must be a Google problem.  I'm looking into it...