Ya know Mom....I like this little room a lot. Because when you stand under the falling water squirty thing I can lick all the water up from the floor of that big tub you stand in with the long curtain that gets in my face until I nudge it out of the way. I gotta remember not to lick those white fuzzy suds though. Yucky stuff! I also think it's really nice when you sit on that swishy-water seat next to the tub so I can lick your face clean for you. It's just right for me to reach you! I don't know why you won't let me drink some of that swishy water though. I wouldn't have to walk all the way to my water bowl if you shared. I guess some stuff is just Mom stuff. *sigh*

Mmmmmm....mmmmm...mmmmm....I smell something sweet on you. Lemme taste!
Hold still, Mom! Just a few more licks pleeeeease! I almost got it alllllll off of you. Just one more lick, c'mere! (Banyan absolutely loooooves my new vanilla scented body lotion. Boy oh boy does he love it! Naturally, I just looooove taking a shower, lotioning up and having him lick me clean, Banyan-style. Uh-huh. Such a helpful boy he is. Oh yeah.)

Mom, I know Kessie really wants to play with me. She pretends like she doesn't, but *I* know better. Watch this! See....if I sneak up behind her and tug on her long bushy tail?  Whoooooooooo-eeeeeeeeeee! Look at her run after me, Mom! Told ya she really wanted to play. Yep, she loves me.

The cat does too. She pretends even better than Kessie though. Wanna see? Ok....watch close. I move soooooooo slow (if I pounce on her she cries like a big baby and then I'm in trouble), and take one step atta time so she won't run away....then if I'm real careful she likes me to put my paw on her head. See how she wiggles & squirms coz she's so happy to be playing with me? She doesn't like to play too long though. When I lift up my paw she runs off real quick. Ah well, she'll play with me another time. She likes to play hide n' seek too. She's the bestest at hiding!

Did you know there are crawly and jumpy THINGS that live in the grass?!?!? I can hear 'em! I can smell 'em! Sometimes I can even see 'em! I almost catch 'em too! I could reeeeeeally catch 'em if you stopped yelling at me to "Stop that digging right now, Banyan!".  I don't know what kind of things they are yet, but they're there! Geez Mom, just when I almost have one of the THINGS you make me quit.

I don't get this "Banyan, Sit!"  stuff. Why do I have to sit on the floor or ground anyway? Do you know how much work that is? And then when I try to be good and sit on the couch, you fuss at me! This makes no sense Mom! Obviously, the couch and recliner are there for me because I fit right on them. None of that stupid bending to plop my bottom so far down. Yeah, I'll do it because there's a cookie in it for me. But I don't gotta like it. And I sure 'nuff don't like the fake-out stuff when you actually expect me to sit for nothing. What's with that? Huh, Mom? Ok...so you hug me and pat me, but cookies are nice too ya know.