Your relationship with your Mom makes me smile, Kylie!
I am also smiling at Violet. I haven't been feeling well all day and it was probably the heat. So, at 10:30 pm I am cool and hungry so warmed up some Chinese food. Violet knows I have noodles - her favourite food. She is behind me on her bed in my studio, but I know she is watching every bite I take in case I drop some. Sure enough, I dropped two little chow mien noodles and she was at the ready to clean the floor! I could be eating something else and she would peacefully sleep, but she knows when it is something she loves and knows she can't beg, but plays it smart!
I sometimes drop one just to see if she is alert....she always is!