Chinese New Year Part 1 - Zoe comes for a visit!

So it was a lovely friday night dinner with the Machados. Ally made her famous steamboat (the beef and prawns were excellent!) and we were all sitting around enjoying ourselves. (see allison's and phillip's blog for pictures). The Machados were about the embark on a family trip to Mayang Sari Bintan but the kids did not know it yet and there were all depressed especially little Megan who was practically in tears the whole night thinking that only her parents were going. So in the spirit of things, I offered to baby sit (or is it puppy sit) little zoe so that our fatty, pepper, could have a friend for the weekend. Little did I know that our little fatty, the nervous jumpy one, would turn out to be the monster of the weekend! It was her territory and she let zoe know that! She did not leave dear zoe alone for a minute expecting her to play and jump around. It got to the extent that we had to separate the 2 of them for the night and zoe slept with me in the TV room. To her credit, she was the gentlest doggie ever - no snapping, barking or retorting. She just did not give a damn about pepper climbing all over her and tugging at her and she had a wonderful sleep the whole night. The next day, we met mummy and daddy at the beach where the dogs had a wonderful run. Then zoe was sent to Karen's house where I am sure she had a more peaceful time! All is back to normal with fatty the queen of the household again!