Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.

Sophie clambers onto the top of the garden planters and carefully digs out all the soil and bulbs. Satisfied with her gardening skills she then uses her nose to knock over the flower pots that line the outside stairs to the terrace. The morning copy of Le Monde thoroughly shredded before its read.

Bob discovers that Angus has inadvertently left a jumper on a hall chair. This is liberated and dragged into the garden where it makes an excellent bed. The corners of a Turkish rug carefully chewed . A  trail of masticated wool left as evidence.

The little darlings are enjoying life - in a throttle wide open way. Their completely exhausted  owners are in  bed and sound asleep by ten .