I Scream For…
Sid and I hope everyone had a fun Fourth of July. It was so nice having a three-day weekend. Not only did we have amazing weather but we were graced with the presence of a whole car-load of special guests!
When the packed car pulled up at Pug Slope HQ, Christy and Tim (pug-rents of Angel Payton the Pug) and their pugs, Donald and Daisy, hopped out followed by two other humans. Humans whom Sid and I had never met in person before: Christy’s parents – a.k.a. Payton’s “Gammy” and “Gampy”! Sid’s mind was blown.
The beach was packed for the holiday so we opted to hang out at Winnemac Park. We spread out the blanket, kicked back, and let the pugs do some serious sniffing. Daisy was happy we didn’t end up going to the beach as she is not very crazy about sand and surf. The recently-mowed grass of the park was much more her speed.
I was armed with venison jerky treats and as soon as Sid noticed this fact, he got into super-model mode and did whatever pose would ensure promptest treat delivery.
Donald caught wind of what was going on and joined in on the action. If you ever wish to have a pug in your presence, and you don’t see any around, just hold some venison jerky in your hands. Within seconds you will have at least half a dozen sitting in front of you staring unblinkingly.
We all hopped in the car and rolled over to Crosby’s Kitchen for lunch. All pugs were on exceptional behavior! I guess they might have had some premonition of joy in their near future and didn’t want to do anything stupid that would spoil what was in store for them after lunch.
After a delicious meal, we all made tracks for Scooter’s Frozen Custard which was one of three places on Gampy’s Chicago checklist. The other two were also ice cream joints. The man has his priorities in order, that’s for sure.
Not only did the humans get to indulge in delicious frozen custard concoctions, but each of the dogs were given their own complementary mini cones filled with vanilla frozen custard! The teeny cones were adorable but I didn’t get a photo of them. You know why? Well, I was busy dealing with another situation. I’ll let the photos tell the story…
If there would have been a third photo, it would have captured Sid’s muppet arms swiping my ice cream right off the bench and onto the ground. Remember when I said the pugs were behaving exceptionally well during lunch? Well, a CERTAIN PUG WHOSE NAME STARTS WITH AN “S” couldn’t contain himself in the presence of the sweet sweet ice cream and knocked his poor dad’s cup onto the ground.
Thank goodness Scooter’s was very understanding of my predicament and gave me a replacement cup for free. I’m pretty certain Sid felt no remorse for his actions and probably would have knocked my second cup of ice cream on the ground if there was a 0.001% chance that it might end up in his mouth.
Before we parted ways, Sid said he wanted to be sure he got a photo with Gammy because she’s one of his biggest fans.
Thank you to Christy, Tim, Donald, Daisy, Gammy, and Gampy for visiting us and for making this one of Sid’s best days ever!
Tags: Daisy, Donald, ice cream, mayhem, Sid, special guests, Winnemac Park
July 7th, 2014 at 7:26 pm
OMG – I missed a Donald & Daisy sighting? with a side dish of SID? I’,m weeping.
July 7th, 2014 at 9:02 pm
That was a pawsome surprise! You are so lucky you got to spend the day with Donald & Daisy, their pawrents and grandpawrents, too …
Love Zoe Peyton, Webster, Liberty & Whitney
July 7th, 2014 at 9:27 pm
OMD! a visit from C&T and D&D AND Gammy and Gampy!!!!!!
what a great weekend!
hugs
Mr Bailey, Hazel & Greta
July 7th, 2014 at 11:33 pm
Oh my gosh,,, Happy Days!!! Christy and Tim, Donald and Daisy,, Gammy and Gampy!!! What a dream come true for all of you to have them visit!
2 years ago we got to meet Christy and Tim,,, ohhh how we love them!
Good times for all!
love
tweedles
July 8th, 2014 at 9:17 am
Oh Sid and Dad what a lucky and wonderful day for you!!!! We just love that family! (Sid, you will haf to haf dad buy you an outshine popsicle from the store, haf him get the coconut ones, wesa loves them)
stella rose
July 8th, 2014 at 3:04 pm
WHAT?????? You are the luckiest puggiest ever that you got to all hang out AND with Gammy & Gampy too! Of course its super awesome the Christy & Tim were there too. What excitement!
♥♥♥
Meredith & Scarlet
July 8th, 2014 at 7:43 pm
Gampy gives the best butt scritches! Gammy and Gampy were both wonderful to us when we visited. And we always love Tim and Christy! So glad you got to hang with them all!
July 9th, 2014 at 5:32 am
what a great meet up
retro rover
July 9th, 2014 at 5:17 pm
My parents have still not stopped talking about hanging out with the famous Sid! It was a very fun afternoon. 🙂
Love,
Christy
July 10th, 2014 at 12:40 pm
I still can’t believe Brain let Gammy get that close to Sid! It’s a miracle Sid isn’t a permanent resident at Casa Gampy & Gammy!
It was a great treat for us to finally meet Sid and his loving Pugrent and, of course, the ice cream places all throughout the Chicago area are to die for, as Sid can attest!!
Love. Gampy
July 10th, 2014 at 12:41 pm
Uhm, urrrr, excuse me that’s Brian, not Brain! Although come to think of it, that’s not too far off either!
Gampy