Like a lot of kids, Josie is obsessive on a few subjects Among these (as documented) is cookies, for instance. The color yellow, her absolute autonomy at every moment of the day, pasta, and dogs. She is totally committed to dogs -- "woof woofs" in the common vernacular -- and will often stand at the window of our little house and make a forlorn woof woof noise. The problem with dogs, though, is that they are mostly larger than Josie and capable of knocking her down (without meaning to) and some of them bite.

    We managed to solve most of these problems with Jade. Jade belongs to our friends Katie and Closey. She is a teacup maltese. What does this mean? It means that -- while technically still a dog -- she can fit inside a teacup. I'm only half kidding. This dog is really unbelievably small. So the two of them did a play date yesterday, pretty much Josie's Most Awesomest Play Date EVER. Check it out:

    Josie makes a careful approach...

    Some initial olefactory exploration ensues

    Oh yeah, it's business time!

    The unsung joys of the chew toy

    This is a look that says, basically: I'm very pleased with how all that went and, by the way, until you get me one of those dogs I'm never going to be happy like this again for the rest of my life...