I totally forgot about the birthday cake! My youngest, Emma, had a birthday last week so on Sunday everybody came over for dinner. I made a 4-layer psychedelic cake (white cake with food coloring to make it marbleized -- looks really cool). Anyway, I'm very tired after everyone leaves and the only thing left out was the cake (about 2/3 of it was still on the platter). I head toward the kitchen and find Einstein merrily chomping away. The middle of the cake starting on the side closest to the edge of the table is GONE! I salvaged two pieces -- grrrrr. That time I was able to catch him at it and promptly dumped a cup of water on him (he's terrified of that measuring cup, which I leave in plain sight just for these occasions). Jeez, this boy has such a sweet tooth.
I've gotten over finding nothing but the twist tie on a bag of hamburger buns, my brand new bag of Mother's cookies licked clean, or the day one of the kids left hot dog buns out while heating up the weiners turned back and they were GONE!, or Einstein calmly bring a stack of saltines into the living room (as if I wouldn't notice!). He figures if it gets left out, it's fair game.
It's funny though, he won't touch a shoe, doesn't ever chew on furniture or try to paw through sheetrock (like I've seen some of our furbabies on here do). Thanks to his first owner who trained that out of him!