The Refill

"What are you trying to pull mommie? It's Christmas! Surely something weird isn't going down on CHRISTMAS. No way!"...If Simon had a speech bubble above his head those were likely the words that would have been inside that bubble. Christmas morning started at the usual time I get the fur babies up for the day. Simon and Piper are fed just minutes after waking up for the day. Cody prefers to lay in bed until time to go outside. He eats breakfast later after his long walk.

Well Christmas morning had a small problem, it was a no food problem. Simon's worst nightmare! We had food, problem was the small container was empty and the monster-size bag we pour small amounts from stays stuck away in our closet, Brad was still sleeping. I was reluctant to walk through our bedroom to get to the monster-size bag. Why is it stuck away on our side of the house you ask? That's an easy answer...so the pets don't help themselves to it. Trust me, Simon and Piper would figure out how to eat through the monster-size bag if they could. They would join forces. Team Si-Pi  vs the food bag. No doubt the food bag would suffer a massive loss. 

Why was there no food in the small container? The day before was obviously Christmas Eve, we fed the "kids" before heading out the door to my in-laws for the evening. The boys food was completely gone from the container.  I didn't want to take the time to refill the container, out the door we left. Once Christmas morning arrived, I couldn't believe I had forgotten to refill the container the night before. I quickly realize I have two choices: one convince Simon he can wait to eat after his walk, maybe Brad will be up by then so I don't have to try to get into our room without disturbing Brad. Second option is risk waking up Brad to get to monster-size food bag. I explained the situation to Simon. Upon my explanation to Simon if he had a speech bubble above his head it would have read this: "WAKE UP DADDY! I NEED FOOD! I'M FEELING FAINT ALREADY! FEED ME! FEED ME!"

Low and behold a very small Christmas miracle happened for Simon. Out of nowhere his daddy woke up early, likely because it was Christmas. Brad doesn't linger in bed when it's Christmas morning. Simon was soon fed after Brad refilled the boys food container. All was right with the world again, in Simon's opinion!

Dogs can be so expressive. The longer you have your fur baby the better you get to know their personality. When I explained to Simon that he had to wait to eat on Christmas morning, of all mornings, it was a priceless little look that spread across his face.