Crates, Cups, and Santa Chicken

Levi is still captivated with Nixie. And now that he's mobile, the infatuation was grown ten-fold. He's found a favorite hiding spot in her kennel! I am impressed that not only did he climb inside, but finagled himself to turn around and reach for the door. All this guy needs to entertain himself is a Miniature Schnauzer and her home.

And, I'm guessing he likes the challenge since Skye's crate is larger and not "as fun:"

My favorite thing about Levi these days is the way he explores independently. Sometimes he will crawl through each room of the house and forget all about me! Earlier today I had just come out of the bathroom to hear him laughing. Usually he's rough housing with Nixie, but this time it involved one of her toys. I grabbed the video camera for a glimpse:

At the time I didn't know what the toy looked like. After Levi crawled away I took a closer look. I laughed out loud to myself at the randomness of this dog toy. It's a chicken dressed like Santa. But of course!

Another top favorite toy for Levi is a cup. Yep, just a cup. A plastic one, preferably bright-colored. He yells into it to hear himself echo. I wondered if Cam would follow suit. I gave her some "regular" toys, which she soon lost interest. But the plastic cup kept her entertained for a good 15 minutes. The perfect solution to getting the kitchen picked up quickly.